the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
                        the device registers.
 
+               meson,<addr>
+                       Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
+                       port at the specified address. The serial port must
+                       already be setup and configured. Options are not yet
+                       supported.
+
                msm_serial,<addr>
                        Start an early, polled-mode console on an msm serial
                        port at the specified address. The serial port
 
        writel(ch, port->membase + AML_UART_WFIFO);
 }
 
-static void meson_serial_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s,
-                                      u_int count)
+static void meson_serial_port_write(struct uart_port *port, const char *s,
+                                   u_int count)
 {
-       struct uart_port *port;
        unsigned long flags;
        int locked;
        u32 val, tmp;
 
-       port = meson_ports[co->index];
-       if (!port)
-               return;
-
        local_irq_save(flags);
        if (port->sysrq) {
                locked = 0;
        local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
+static void meson_serial_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s,
+                                      u_int count)
+{
+       struct uart_port *port;
+
+       port = meson_ports[co->index];
+       if (!port)
+               return;
+
+       meson_serial_port_write(port, s, count);
+}
+
 static int meson_serial_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
 {
        struct uart_port *port;
 }
 console_initcall(meson_serial_console_init);
 
+static void meson_serial_early_console_write(struct console *co,
+                                            const char *s,
+                                            u_int count)
+{
+       struct earlycon_device *dev = co->data;
+
+       meson_serial_port_write(&dev->port, s, count);
+}
+
+static int __init
+meson_serial_early_console_setup(struct earlycon_device *device, const char *opt)
+{
+       if (!device->port.membase)
+               return -ENODEV;
+
+       device->con->write = meson_serial_early_console_write;
+       return 0;
+}
+OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(meson, "amlogic,meson-uart",
+                   meson_serial_early_console_setup);
+
 #define MESON_SERIAL_CONSOLE   (&meson_serial_console)
 #else
 #define MESON_SERIAL_CONSOLE   NULL