serial/sifive: initial driver from Paul Walmsley

Author: terpstra

drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig

@@ -1060,6 +1060,29 @@ config SERIAL_OMAP_CONSOLE
 	  your boot loader about how to pass options to the kernel at
 	  boot time.)
 
+config SERIAL_SIFIVE
+	tristate "SiFive UART support"
+	depends on OF
+	select SERIAL_CORE
+	help
+	  If you have a SiFive Freedom U500 or similar SoC, enable this to
+	  support the SiFive UART.
+
+config SERIAL_SIFIVE_CONSOLE
+	bool "Console on SiFive UART"
+	depends on SERIAL_SIFIVE=y
+	select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
+	help
+	  Select this option if you would like to use a SiFive UART as the
+	  system console.
+
+	  Even if you say Y here, the currently visible virtual console
+	  (/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but
+	  you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as
+	  "console=ttySIx". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
+	  your boot loader about how to pass options to the kernel at
+	  boot time.)
+
 config SERIAL_LANTIQ
 	bool "Lantiq serial driver"
 	depends on LANTIQ

drivers/tty/serial/Makefile

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_MVEBU_UART)	+= mvebu-uart.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_PIC32)	+= pic32_uart.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_MPS2_UART)	+= mps2-uart.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_OWL)	+= owl-uart.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_SIFIVE)	+= sifive.o
 
 # GPIOLIB helpers for modem control lines
 obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_MCTRL_GPIO)	+= serial_mctrl_gpio.o