diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 4d880b3..62aab58 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -462,13 +462,20 @@
 			Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an
 			alternative.
 
-		uart,io,<addr>[,options]
-		uart,mmio,<addr>[,options]
+		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
+		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
 			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
 			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address,
 			switching to the matching ttyS device later.  The
 			options are the same as for ttyS, above.
 
+	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
+		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
+		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
+			Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550
+			UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address.
+			The options are the same as for ttyS, above.
+
 	cpcihp_generic=	[HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
 			Format:
 			<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index 188fb73..4d9864c 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -390,10 +390,6 @@
 	if (!efi_setup_pcdp_console(cmdline))
 		earlycons++;
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
-	if (!early_serial_console_init(cmdline))
-		earlycons++;
-#endif
 
 	return (earlycons) ? 0 : -1;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/pcdp.c b/drivers/firmware/pcdp.c
index 2b4b76e..58e9f8e 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/pcdp.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/pcdp.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/efi.h>
 #include <linux/serial.h>
+#include <linux/serial_8250.h>
 #include <asm/vga.h>
 #include "pcdp.h"
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 	char parity;
 
 	mmio = (uart->addr.space_id == ACPI_ADR_SPACE_SYSTEM_MEMORY);
-	p += sprintf(p, "console=uart,%s,0x%lx",
+	p += sprintf(p, "uart8250,%s,0x%lx",
 		mmio ? "mmio" : "io", uart->addr.address);
 	if (uart->baud) {
 		p += sprintf(p, ",%lu", uart->baud);
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	return early_serial_console_init(options);
+	add_preferred_console("uart", 8250, &options[9]);
+	return setup_early_serial8250_console(options);
 #else
 	return -ENODEV;
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/serial/8250.c b/drivers/serial/8250.c
index c84dab0..0b3ec38 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/8250.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/8250.c
@@ -2514,12 +2514,18 @@
 	return uart_set_options(port, co, baud, parity, bits, flow);
 }
 
+static int __init serial8250_console_early_setup(void)
+{
+	return serial8250_find_port_for_earlycon();
+}
+
 static struct uart_driver serial8250_reg;
 static struct console serial8250_console = {
 	.name		= "ttyS",
 	.write		= serial8250_console_write,
 	.device		= uart_console_device,
 	.setup		= serial8250_console_setup,
+	.early_setup	= serial8250_console_early_setup,
 	.flags		= CON_PRINTBUFFER,
 	.index		= -1,
 	.data		= &serial8250_reg,
@@ -2533,7 +2539,7 @@
 }
 console_initcall(serial8250_console_init);
 
-static int __init find_port(struct uart_port *p)
+int serial8250_find_port(struct uart_port *p)
 {
 	int line;
 	struct uart_port *port;
@@ -2546,26 +2552,6 @@
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-int __init serial8250_start_console(struct uart_port *port, char *options)
-{
-	int line;
-
-	line = find_port(port);
-	if (line < 0)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	add_preferred_console("ttyS", line, options);
-	printk("Adding console on ttyS%d at %s 0x%lx (options '%s')\n",
-		line, port->iotype == UPIO_MEM ? "MMIO" : "I/O port",
-		port->iotype == UPIO_MEM ? (unsigned long) port->mapbase :
-		    (unsigned long) port->iobase, options);
-	if (!(serial8250_console.flags & CON_ENABLED)) {
-		serial8250_console.flags &= ~CON_PRINTBUFFER;
-		register_console(&serial8250_console);
-	}
-	return line;
-}
-
 #define SERIAL8250_CONSOLE	&serial8250_console
 #else
 #define SERIAL8250_CONSOLE	NULL
diff --git a/drivers/serial/8250_early.c b/drivers/serial/8250_early.c
index 7e51119..947c205 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/8250_early.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/8250_early.c
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
  * we locate the device directly by its MMIO or I/O port address.
  *
  * The user can specify the device directly, e.g.,
- *	console=uart,io,0x3f8,9600n8
- *	console=uart,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8
- * or platform code can call early_uart_console_init() to set
- * the early UART device.
- *
- * After the normal serial driver starts, we try to locate the
- * matching ttyS device and start a console there.
+ *	earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8
+ *	earlycon=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8
+ * or
+ *	console=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8
+ *	console=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8
  */
 
 #include <linux/tty.h>
@@ -32,17 +30,21 @@
 #include <linux/serial_core.h>
 #include <linux/serial_reg.h>
 #include <linux/serial.h>
+#include <linux/serial_8250.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/serial.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_FIX_EARLYCON_MEM
+#include <asm/pgtable.h>
+#include <asm/fixmap.h>
+#endif
 
-struct early_uart_device {
+struct early_serial8250_device {
 	struct uart_port port;
 	char options[16];		/* e.g., 115200n8 */
 	unsigned int baud;
 };
 
-static struct early_uart_device early_device __initdata;
-static int early_uart_registered __initdata;
+static struct early_serial8250_device early_device;
 
 static unsigned int __init serial_in(struct uart_port *port, int offset)
 {
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@
 	serial_out(port, UART_TX, c);
 }
 
-static void __init early_uart_write(struct console *console, const char *s, unsigned int count)
+static void __init early_serial8250_write(struct console *console, const char *s, unsigned int count)
 {
 	struct uart_port *port = &early_device.port;
 	unsigned int ier;
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@
 	return (port->uartclk / 16) / quot;
 }
 
-static void __init init_port(struct early_uart_device *device)
+static void __init init_port(struct early_serial8250_device *device)
 {
 	struct uart_port *port = &device->port;
 	unsigned int divisor;
@@ -130,10 +132,9 @@
 	serial_out(port, UART_LCR, c & ~UART_LCR_DLAB);
 }
 
-static int __init parse_options(struct early_uart_device *device, char *options)
+static int __init parse_options(struct early_serial8250_device *device, char *options)
 {
 	struct uart_port *port = &device->port;
-	int mapsize = 64;
 	int mmio, length;
 
 	if (!options)
@@ -143,12 +144,18 @@
 	if (!strncmp(options, "mmio,", 5)) {
 		port->iotype = UPIO_MEM;
 		port->mapbase = simple_strtoul(options + 5, &options, 0);
-		port->membase = ioremap(port->mapbase, mapsize);
+#ifdef CONFIG_FIX_EARLYCON_MEM
+		set_fixmap_nocache(FIX_EARLYCON_MEM_BASE, port->mapbase & PAGE_MASK);
+		port->membase = (void __iomem *)__fix_to_virt(FIX_EARLYCON_MEM_BASE);
+		port->membase += port->mapbase & ~PAGE_MASK;
+#else
+		port->membase = ioremap(port->mapbase, 64);
 		if (!port->membase) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Couldn't ioremap 0x%lx\n",
 				__FUNCTION__, port->mapbase);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
+#endif
 		mmio = 1;
 	} else if (!strncmp(options, "io,", 3)) {
 		port->iotype = UPIO_PORT;
@@ -175,9 +182,16 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init early_uart_setup(struct console *console, char *options)
+static struct console early_serial8250_console __initdata = {
+	.name	= "uart",
+	.write	= early_serial8250_write,
+	.flags	= CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_BOOT,
+	.index	= -1,
+};
+
+static int __init early_serial8250_setup(char *options)
 {
-	struct early_uart_device *device = &early_device;
+	struct early_serial8250_device *device = &early_device;
 	int err;
 
 	if (device->port.membase || device->port.iobase)
@@ -190,61 +204,48 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct console early_uart_console __initdata = {
-	.name	= "uart",
-	.write	= early_uart_write,
-	.setup	= early_uart_setup,
-	.flags	= CON_PRINTBUFFER,
-	.index	= -1,
-};
-
-static int __init early_uart_console_init(void)
-{
-	if (!early_uart_registered) {
-		register_console(&early_uart_console);
-		early_uart_registered = 1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-console_initcall(early_uart_console_init);
-
-int __init early_serial_console_init(char *cmdline)
+int __init setup_early_serial8250_console(char *cmdline)
 {
 	char *options;
 	int err;
 
-	options = strstr(cmdline, "console=uart,");
-	if (!options)
-		return -ENODEV;
+	options = strstr(cmdline, "uart8250,");
+	if (!options) {
+		options = strstr(cmdline, "uart,");
+		if (!options)
+			return 0;
+	}
 
 	options = strchr(cmdline, ',') + 1;
-	if ((err = early_uart_setup(NULL, options)) < 0)
+	if ((err = early_serial8250_setup(options)) < 0)
 		return err;
-	return early_uart_console_init();
-}
 
-static int __init early_uart_console_switch(void)
-{
-	struct early_uart_device *device = &early_device;
-	struct uart_port *port = &device->port;
-	int mmio, line;
-
-	if (!(early_uart_console.flags & CON_ENABLED))
-		return 0;
-
-	/* Try to start the normal driver on a matching line.  */
-	mmio = (port->iotype == UPIO_MEM);
-	line = serial8250_start_console(port, device->options);
-	if (line < 0)
-		printk("No ttyS device at %s 0x%lx for console\n",
-			mmio ? "MMIO" : "I/O port",
-			mmio ? port->mapbase :
-			    (unsigned long) port->iobase);
-
-	unregister_console(&early_uart_console);
-	if (mmio)
-		iounmap(port->membase);
+	register_console(&early_serial8250_console);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-late_initcall(early_uart_console_switch);
+
+int __init serial8250_find_port_for_earlycon(void)
+{
+	struct early_serial8250_device *device = &early_device;
+	struct uart_port *port = &device->port;
+	int line;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!device->port.membase && !device->port.iobase)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	line = serial8250_find_port(port);
+	if (line < 0)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	ret = update_console_cmdline("uart", 8250,
+			     "ttyS", line, device->options);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		ret = update_console_cmdline("uart", 0,
+				     "ttyS", line, device->options);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+early_param("earlycon", setup_early_serial8250_console);
diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
index 2adbed4..cab42cb 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
@@ -62,8 +62,22 @@
 	  kernel will automatically use the first serial line, /dev/ttyS0, as
 	  system console.
 
+	  you can set that using a kernel command line option such as
+	  "console=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8"
+	  "console=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8".
+	  and it will switch to normal serial console when correponding port is
+	  ready.
+	  "earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8"
+	  "earlycon=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8".
+	  it will not only setup early console.
+
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config FIX_EARLYCON_MEM
+	bool
+	depends on X86
+	default y
+
 config SERIAL_8250_GSC
 	tristate
 	depends on SERIAL_8250 && GSC
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/fixmap.h b/include/asm-i386/fixmap.h
index 80ea052..249e753 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/fixmap.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/fixmap.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 enum fixed_addresses {
 	FIX_HOLE,
 	FIX_VDSO,
+	FIX_DBGP_BASE,
+	FIX_EARLYCON_MEM_BASE,
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 	FIX_APIC_BASE,	/* local (CPU) APIC) -- required for SMP or not */
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/io.h b/include/asm-i386/io.h
index e797586..7b65b5b 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/io.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/io.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
  */
 extern void *bt_ioremap(unsigned long offset, unsigned long size);
 extern void bt_iounmap(void *addr, unsigned long size);
+extern void __iomem *fix_ioremap(unsigned idx, unsigned long phys);
 
 /* Use early IO mappings for DMI because it's initialized early */
 #define dmi_ioremap bt_ioremap
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/fixmap.h b/include/asm-x86_64/fixmap.h
index e90e167..2acb9b7 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/fixmap.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/fixmap.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 	VSYSCALL_LAST_PAGE,
 	VSYSCALL_FIRST_PAGE = VSYSCALL_LAST_PAGE + ((VSYSCALL_END-VSYSCALL_START) >> PAGE_SHIFT) - 1,
 	VSYSCALL_HPET,
+	FIX_DBGP_BASE,
+	FIX_EARLYCON_MEM_BASE,
 	FIX_HPET_BASE,
 	FIX_APIC_BASE,	/* local (CPU) APIC) -- required for SMP or not */
 	FIX_IO_APIC_BASE_0,
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@
 	if (idx >= __end_of_fixed_addresses)
 		__this_fixmap_does_not_exist();
 
-        return __fix_to_virt(idx);
+	return __fix_to_virt(idx);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/io.h b/include/asm-x86_64/io.h
index de2cd9a..7475095 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/io.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/io.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
  */
 extern void __iomem * ioremap_nocache (unsigned long offset, unsigned long size);
 extern void iounmap(volatile void __iomem *addr);
+extern void __iomem *fix_ioremap(unsigned idx, unsigned long phys);
 
 /*
  * ISA I/O bus memory addresses are 1:1 with the physical address.
diff --git a/include/linux/console.h b/include/linux/console.h
index 62ef6e1..c44d3df 100644
--- a/include/linux/console.h
+++ b/include/linux/console.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 	struct tty_driver *(*device)(struct console *, int *);
 	void	(*unblank)(void);
 	int	(*setup)(struct console *, char *);
+	int	(*early_setup)(void);
 	short	flags;
 	short	index;
 	int	cflag;
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@
 };
 
 extern int add_preferred_console(char *name, int idx, char *options);
+extern int update_console_cmdline(char *name, int idx, char *name_new, int idx_new, char *options);
 extern void register_console(struct console *);
 extern int unregister_console(struct console *);
 extern struct console *console_drivers;
diff --git a/include/linux/serial.h b/include/linux/serial.h
index 33fc8cb..deb71431 100644
--- a/include/linux/serial.h
+++ b/include/linux/serial.h
@@ -177,11 +177,5 @@
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 
-/* Allow architectures to override entries in serial8250_ports[] at run time: */
-struct uart_port;	/* forward declaration */
-extern int early_serial_setup(struct uart_port *port);
-extern int early_serial_console_init(char *options);
-extern int serial8250_start_console(struct uart_port *port, char *options);
-
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_SERIAL_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/serial_8250.h b/include/linux/serial_8250.h
index 71310d8..706ee9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/serial_8250.h
+++ b/include/linux/serial_8250.h
@@ -60,4 +60,8 @@
 void serial8250_suspend_port(int line);
 void serial8250_resume_port(int line);
 
+extern int serial8250_find_port(struct uart_port *p);
+extern int serial8250_find_port_for_earlycon(void);
+extern int setup_early_serial8250_console(char *cmdline);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 0eb1c74..038c7cb 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -453,7 +453,10 @@
 	struct obs_kernel_param *p;
 
 	for (p = __setup_start; p < __setup_end; p++) {
-		if (p->early && strcmp(param, p->str) == 0) {
+		if ((p->early && strcmp(param, p->str) == 0) ||
+		    (strcmp(param, "console") == 0 &&
+		     strcmp(p->str, "earlycon") == 0)
+		) {
 			if (p->setup_func(val) != 0)
 				printk(KERN_WARNING
 				       "Malformed early option '%s'\n", param);
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 7ce9a8c..f46cc6d 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -726,6 +726,25 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int __init update_console_cmdline(char *name, int idx, char *name_new, int idx_new, char *options)
+{
+	struct console_cmdline *c;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && console_cmdline[i].name[0]; i++)
+		if (strcmp(console_cmdline[i].name, name) == 0 &&
+			  console_cmdline[i].index == idx) {
+				c = &console_cmdline[i];
+				memcpy(c->name, name_new, sizeof(c->name));
+				c->name[sizeof(c->name) - 1] = 0;
+				c->options = options;
+				c->index = idx_new;
+				return i;
+		}
+	/* not found */
+	return -1;
+}
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_DISABLE_CONSOLE_SUSPEND
 /**
  * suspend_console - suspend the console subsystem
@@ -942,6 +961,9 @@
 	if (preferred_console < 0 || bootconsole || !console_drivers)
 		preferred_console = selected_console;
 
+	if (console->early_setup)
+		console->early_setup();
+
 	/*
 	 *	See if we want to use this console driver. If we
 	 *	didn't select a console we take the first one