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-rw-r--r--drivers/arm/pl011/pl011_console.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/arm/pl011/pl011_console.c b/drivers/arm/pl011/pl011_console.c
index a26c00e..81897ca 100644
--- a/drivers/arm/pl011/pl011_console.c
+++ b/drivers/arm/pl011/pl011_console.c
@@ -71,7 +71,12 @@ void console_init(unsigned long base_addr)
int console_putc(int c)
{
- assert(uart_base);
+ /* If the console has not been initialized then return an error
+ * code. Asserting here would result in recursion and stack
+ * exhaustion
+ */
+ if (!uart_base)
+ return -1;
if (c == '\n') {
WAIT_UNTIL_UART_FREE(uart_base);