From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACAABEB64DD for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2023 05:26:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229737AbjGXF0v (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2023 01:26:51 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:33098 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229456AbjGXF0v (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2023 01:26:51 -0400 Received: from muru.com (muru.com [72.249.23.125]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34396100; Sun, 23 Jul 2023 22:26:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muru.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79D8B809F; Mon, 24 Jul 2023 05:26:49 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 08:26:48 +0300 From: Tony Lindgren To: Andy Shevchenko Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jiri Slaby , Dhruva Gole , Ilpo =?utf-8?B?SsOkcnZpbmVu?= , John Ogness , Johan Hovold , Sebastian Andrzej Siewior , Vignesh Raghavendra , linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: core: Add sysfs links for serial core port instances for ttys Message-ID: <20230724052648.GW5194@atomide.com> References: <20230719051613.46569-1-tony@atomide.com> <20230719054321.GJ5194@atomide.com> <20230720041319.GM5194@atomide.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org * Andy Shevchenko [230721 10:06]: > On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 07:13:19AM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote: > > * Andy Shevchenko [230719 13:59]: > > > On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 08:43:21AM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote: > > > > * Andy Shevchenko [230719 05:34]: > > > > > On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 08:16:11AM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote: > > ... > > > > > > > And with this, we can add /dev/serial/by-id symlinks to the serial port > > > > > > device instances so we can start using serial core port addressing in > > > > > > addition to the legacy ttyS naming. > > > > > > > > > > > > The naming we can use is dev_name:0.0 where 0.0 are the serial core > > > > > > controller id and port id, so for the ttyS0 example above the naming > > > > > > would be 00:04.0:0.0. > > > > > > > > > > This is interesting idea. But any hint why it can be useful? > > > > > > > > If you have lots of serial ports and we are stuck with adding aliases > > > > for the ports in the dts files where the ttyS naming and ordering does > > > > not really help or may not necessarily make sense if the ports are on > > > > different buses or domains. With CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS=4, > > > > the ttyS naming is only needed for the legacy ports really. > > > > > > I see. Does it fix the long standing issue with ttyS enumeration (on x86 > > > at least) when depending on the presence of the legacy ports the HSUART > > > (high speed) can preempt the legacy placeholders (ttyS0..ttyS3)? > > > > > > To me sounds like it may very well do fix it and I would be glad to see that > > > in the commit message (as selling point) and in documentation. > > > > It won't affect how ttyS0..ttyS3 get assigned, but it helps finding your > > HSUART instance with DEVNAME:0.0 style addressing. So you don't need to > > care what ttyS number the port has. If you have such a test case maybe give > > it a try. > > Exactly, the problem (currently) is, that depending on the BIOS settings > the kernel can't use the same command line and this is quite a PITA for > our customers! > > As far as we can specify hardware (path) to the console, it will be so > cool and hopefully solves this very long standing issue. OK great, I'll update the patch description for next revision. Regards, Tony