From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1 of 1] Handle bogus serial ports that appear
	normal, but don't generate
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:10:46 -0000
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# HG changeset patch
# User konrad@phenom.dumpdata.com
# Date 1260803272 18000
# Node ID 37cb71cbe3b4c02c2ea435b752eef888760ee2a6
# Parent  e75c840d7e7bb2bbbd6fdbabead529c5ad36d106
Handle bogus serial ports that appear normal, but don't generate
interrupts e.g. the "remote serial console" on Blades.

Authored-by: Gary Grebus <Gary.Grebus@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com

diff -r e75c840d7e7b -r 37cb71cbe3b4 xen/drivers/char/ns16550.c
--- a/xen/drivers/char/ns16550.c	Fri Dec 11 11:12:10 2009 -0500
+++ b/xen/drivers/char/ns16550.c	Mon Dec 14 10:07:52 2009 -0500
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     /* UART with no IRQ line: periodically-polled I/O. */
     struct timer timer;
     unsigned int timeout_ms;
+    int probing, intr_works;
 } ns16550_com[2] = { { 0 } };
 
 /* Register offsets */
@@ -127,6 +128,13 @@
     struct serial_port *port = dev_id;
     struct ns16550 *uart = port->uart;
 
+    if (uart->intr_works == 0)
+    {
+        uart->probing = 0;
+        uart->intr_works = 1;
+        stop_timer(&uart->timer);
+    }
+
     while ( !(ns_read_reg(uart, IIR) & IIR_NOINT) )
     {
         char lsr = ns_read_reg(uart, LSR);
@@ -143,6 +151,15 @@
     struct ns16550 *uart = port->uart;
     struct cpu_user_regs *regs = guest_cpu_user_regs();
 
+    if ( uart->intr_works )
+        return;     /* Interrupts work - no more polling */
+
+    if ( uart->probing ) {
+        uart->probing = 0;
+        if ( (ns_read_reg(uart, LSR) & 0xff) == 0xff )
+            return;     /* All bits set - probably no UART present */
+    }
+
     while ( ns_read_reg(uart, LSR) & LSR_DR )
         serial_rx_interrupt(port, regs);
 
@@ -230,15 +247,14 @@
 
     serial_async_transmit(port);
 
+    init_timer(&uart->timer, ns16550_poll, port, 0);
+    /* Calculate time to fill RX FIFO and/or empty TX FIFO for polling. */
+    bits = uart->data_bits + uart->stop_bits + !!uart->parity;
+    uart->timeout_ms = max_t(
+        unsigned int, 1, (bits * port->tx_fifo_size * 1000) / uart->baud);
+
     if ( uart->irq == 0 )
-    {
-        /* Polled mode. Calculate time to fill RX FIFO and/or empty TX FIFO. */
-        bits = uart->data_bits + uart->stop_bits + !!uart->parity;
-        uart->timeout_ms = max_t(
-            unsigned int, 1, (bits * port->tx_fifo_size * 1000) / uart->baud);
-        init_timer(&uart->timer, ns16550_poll, port, 0);
         set_timer(&uart->timer, NOW() + MILLISECS(uart->timeout_ms));
-    }
     else
     {
         uart->irqaction.handler = ns16550_interrupt;
@@ -252,6 +268,12 @@
 
         /* Enable receive and transmit interrupts. */
         ns_write_reg(uart, IER, IER_ERDAI | IER_ETHREI);
+
+        /* Do a timed write to make sure we are getting interrupts. */
+        uart->probing = 1;
+        uart->intr_works = 0;
+        ns_write_reg(uart, THR, 0xff);
+        set_timer(&uart->timer, NOW() + MILLISECS(uart->timeout_ms));
     }
 }