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From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Jon Anders Haugum <jonah@omegav.ntnu.no>
Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial8250: set divisor register correctly for AMD Alchemy SoC uart. Re-posted.
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:54:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060327125423.GA24311@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060327131437.P55909@invalid.ed.ntnu.no>

On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 01:27:34PM +0200, Jon Anders Haugum wrote:
> Alchemy SoC uart have got a non-standard divisor register that needs some 
> special handling.
> 
> This patch adds divisor read/write functions with test and special 
> handling for Alchemy internal uart.
>
> @@ -533,22 +565,20 @@ static int size_fifo(struct uart_8250_po
>   */
>  static unsigned int autoconfig_read_divisor_id(struct uart_8250_port *p)
>  {
> -	unsigned char old_dll, old_dlm, old_lcr;
> +	unsigned char old_lcr;
>  	unsigned int id;
> +	unsigned short old_dl;
>  
>  	old_lcr = serial_inp(p, UART_LCR);
>  	serial_outp(p, UART_LCR, UART_LCR_DLAB);
>  
> -	old_dll = serial_inp(p, UART_DLL);
> -	old_dlm = serial_inp(p, UART_DLM);
> +	old_dl = serial_dl_read(p);
>  
> -	serial_outp(p, UART_DLL, 0);
> -	serial_outp(p, UART_DLM, 0);
> +	serial_dl_write(p, 0);
>  
> -	id = serial_inp(p, UART_DLL) | serial_inp(p, UART_DLM) << 8;
> +	id = serial_dl_read(p);
>  
> -	serial_outp(p, UART_DLL, old_dll);
> -	serial_outp(p, UART_DLM, old_dlm);
> +	serial_dl_write(p, old_dl);
>  	serial_outp(p, UART_LCR, old_lcr);
>  
>  	return id;

I'm not sure whether this is a good idea - this is used to detect
an 16C850 UART, so probably should be kept as is.

In other words, we should use serial_dl_read() / serial_dl_write()
when we're actually wanting to read or set the actual divisor, but
not for the autoconfiguration stuff.

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
 maintainer of:  2.6 Serial core

  reply	other threads:[~2006-03-27 12:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-03-27 11:27 [PATCH] serial8250: set divisor register correctly for AMD Alchemy SoC uart. Re-posted Jon Anders Haugum
2006-03-27 12:54 ` Russell King [this message]
2006-03-29 13:39   ` Jon Anders Haugum

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