[U-Boot] [PATCH] serial: 16550: properly initialize fcr field of ns16550_platdata

[Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo@bluezbox.com>]

Heiko Schocher (hs at denx.de) wrote:
> Hello Oleksandr,
> 
> Am 01.02.2017 um 19:52 schrieb Oleksandr Tymoshenko:
> > Tom Rini (trini at konsulko.com) wrote:
> >> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 05:15:20PM -0800, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote:
> >>
> >>> Default fcr value is initialized in ns16550_serial_ofdata_to_platdata
> >>> but this function is only called if OF_CONTROL option is enabled while
> >>> the field is used whenever DM_SERIAL is set. So for configs that
> >>> do not have OF_CONTROL default fcr value is set to zero which leads
> >>> to loosing characters when serial port input is faster than reading
> >>> routine i.e. when copy-pasting long line to U-Boot prompt.
> >>>
> >>> As a fix initialize fcr field in probe method
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo@bluezbox.com>
> >>> Cc: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> >>> Cc: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
> >>> Cc: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
> >>
> >> Are you still seeing this with v2017.03-rc1?  Thanks!
> >
> > No, this bug is not reproducible on v2017.03-rc1, I believe 17fa032671
> > fixed it. Not sure how I missed that patch I am pretty sure I tested my
> > BBB with master branch.
> 
> Yes commit 17fa032671 fixed this issue. How do you test? You must
> type very fast, or copy&paste a long command ...

Hi Heiko,

I copy-pasted long lines for my test. I think I used 2017.01 for my
test, not master. That's why I didn't realise that the bug is fixed
in the latest version.

-- 
gonzo