On machines that use device-tree boot, they'll often set an early
console, defined by the linux,stdout property in the /chosen/ device
tree node.
This hook adds a facility for petitboot to set this, based on an NVRAM
setting.
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Hook to set the linux,stdout-path property from an nvram property
+# (named $nvram_prop).
+
+nvram_prop=petitboot,console
+
+# we need to be using a dtb
+[ -n "$boot_dtb" ] || exit
+
+console=$(nvram --print-config="$nvram_prop")
+
+[ $? = 0 -a -n "$console" ] || exit
+
+dtb_in=$boot_dtb
+dtb_out=$(mktemp)
+
+(
+ dtc -I dtb -O dts $dtb_in
+ echo '/ { chosen { linux,stdout-path = "'$console'"; }; }; '
+) | dtc -I dts -O dtb -o $dtb_out
+
+[ $? = 0 ] && mv $dtb_out $dtb_in