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Michael Brown cca1cfd49e [uart] Allow for dynamically registered 16550 UARTs
Use the generic UART driver-private data pointer, rather than
embedding the generic UART within the 16550 UART structure.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
2025-06-21 23:34:32 +01:00
Michael Brown 6c8fb4b89d [uart] Allow for the existence of non-16550 UARTs
Remove the assumption that all platforms use a fixed number of 16550
UARTs identifiable by a simple numeric index.  Create an abstraction
allowing for dynamic instantiation and registration of any number of
arbitrary UART models.

The common case of the serial console on x86 uses a single fixed UART
specified at compile time.  Avoid unnecessarily dragging in the
dynamic instantiation code in this use case by allowing COMCONSOLE to
refer to a single static UART object representing the relevant port.

When selecting a UART by command-line argument (as used in the
"gdbstub serial <port>" command), allow the UART to be specified as
either a numeric index (to retain backwards compatiblity) or a
case-insensitive port name such as "COM2".

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
2025-06-20 12:52:04 +01:00