From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org
Cc: Justin Forbes <jmforbes@linuxtx.org>,
Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>,
"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>,
Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
Chuck Wolber <chuckw@quantumlinux.com>,
Chris Wedgwood <reviews@ml.cw.f00f.org>,
Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org>,
Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>,
Domenico Andreoli <cavokz@gmail.com>,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk,
S??bastien Dugu?? <sebastien.dugue@bull.net>,
Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>, Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com>,
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>,
Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com>,
Sascha Sommer <saschasommer@freenet.de>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Subject: [patch 07/20] revert "x86, serial: convert legacy COM ports to platform devices"
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:54:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070821065441.GH5275@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070821065210.GA5275@kroah.com>
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-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
------------------
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Revert 7e92b4fc345f5b6f57585fbe5ffdb0f24d7c9b26. It broke Sébastien Dugué's
machine and Jeff said (persuasively)
This seems like it will break decades-long-working stuff, in favor of
breaking new ground in our favorite area, "trusting the BIOS."
It's just not worth it for serial ports, IMO. Serial ports are something
that just shouldn't break at this late stage in the game. My new Intel
platform boxes don't even have serial ports, so I question the value of
messing with serial port probing even more... because... just wait a year,
and your box won't have a serial port either! :)
I certainly don't object to the use of platform devices (or isa_driver),
but the probe change seems questionable. That's sorta analagous to
rewriting the floppy driver probe routine. Sure you could do it... but why
risk all that damage and go through debugging all over again?
It seems clear from this report that we cannot, should not, trust BIOS for
something (a) so simple and (b) that has been working for over a decade.
Much discussion ensued and we've decided to have another go at all of this.
Cc: Sébastien Dugué <sebastien.dugue@bull.net>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Cc: Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com>
Cc: Sascha Sommer <saschasommer@freenet.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 --
arch/i386/kernel/Makefile | 1
arch/i386/kernel/legacy_serial.c | 67 ------------------------------------
arch/x86_64/kernel/Makefile | 2 -
drivers/serial/Kconfig | 14 ++-----
include/asm-i386/serial.h | 16 ++++++++
include/asm-x86_64/serial.h | 16 ++++++++
7 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -850,11 +850,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
lasi= [HW,SCSI] PARISC LASI driver for the 53c700 chip
Format: addr:<io>,irq:<irq>
- legacy_serial.force [HW,IA-32,X86-64]
- Probe for COM ports at legacy addresses even
- if PNPBIOS or ACPI should describe them. This
- is for working around firmware defects.
-
llsc*= [IA64] See function print_params() in
arch/ia64/sn/kernel/llsc4.c.
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ obj-y += sysenter.o vsyscall.o
obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_SRAT) += srat.o
obj-$(CONFIG_EFI) += efi.o efi_stub.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT) += doublefault.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250) += legacy_serial.o
obj-$(CONFIG_VM86) += vm86.o
obj-$(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK) += early_printk.o
obj-$(CONFIG_HPET_TIMER) += hpet.o
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/legacy_serial.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Legacy COM port devices for x86 platforms without PNPBIOS or ACPI.
- * Data taken from include/asm-i386/serial.h.
- *
- * (c) Copyright 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- * Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- */
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/pnp.h>
-#include <linux/serial_8250.h>
-
-/* Standard COM flags (except for COM4, because of the 8514 problem) */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_DETECT_IRQ
-#define COM_FLAGS (UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF | UPF_SKIP_TEST | UPF_AUTO_IRQ)
-#define COM4_FLAGS (UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF | UPF_AUTO_IRQ)
-#else
-#define COM_FLAGS (UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF | UPF_SKIP_TEST)
-#define COM4_FLAGS UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF
-#endif
-
-#define PORT(_base,_irq,_flags) \
- { \
- .iobase = _base, \
- .irq = _irq, \
- .uartclk = 1843200, \
- .iotype = UPIO_PORT, \
- .flags = _flags, \
- }
-
-static struct plat_serial8250_port x86_com_data[] = {
- PORT(0x3F8, 4, COM_FLAGS),
- PORT(0x2F8, 3, COM_FLAGS),
- PORT(0x3E8, 4, COM_FLAGS),
- PORT(0x2E8, 3, COM4_FLAGS),
- { },
-};
-
-static struct platform_device x86_com_device = {
- .name = "serial8250",
- .id = PLAT8250_DEV_PLATFORM,
- .dev = {
- .platform_data = x86_com_data,
- },
-};
-
-static int force_legacy_probe;
-module_param_named(force, force_legacy_probe, bool, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(force, "Force legacy serial port probe");
-
-static int __init serial8250_x86_com_init(void)
-{
- if (pnp_platform_devices && !force_legacy_probe)
- return -ENODEV;
-
- return platform_device_register(&x86_com_device);
-}
-
-module_init(serial8250_x86_com_init);
-
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Bjorn Helgaas");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Generic 8250/16x50 legacy probe module");
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK) += early_prin
obj-$(CONFIG_IOMMU) += pci-gart.o aperture.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CALGARY_IOMMU) += pci-calgary.o tce.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SWIOTLB) += pci-swiotlb.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250) += legacy_serial.o
obj-$(CONFIG_KPROBES) += kprobes.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER) += pmtimer.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_VSMP) += vsmp.o
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ CFLAGS_vsyscall.o := $(PROFILING) -g0
therm_throt-y += ../../i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.o
bootflag-y += ../../i386/kernel/bootflag.o
-legacy_serial-y += ../../i386/kernel/legacy_serial.o
cpuid-$(subst m,y,$(CONFIG_X86_CPUID)) += ../../i386/kernel/cpuid.o
topology-y += ../../i386/kernel/topology.o
microcode-$(subst m,y,$(CONFIG_MICROCODE)) += ../../i386/kernel/microcode.o
--- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
@@ -74,21 +74,17 @@ config SERIAL_8250_PCI
depends on SERIAL_8250 && PCI
default SERIAL_8250
help
- Say Y here if you have PCI serial ports.
-
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
- will be called 8250_pci.
+ This builds standard PCI serial support. You may be able to
+ disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support.
+ Saves about 9K.
config SERIAL_8250_PNP
tristate "8250/16550 PNP device support" if EMBEDDED
depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP
default SERIAL_8250
help
- Say Y here if you have serial ports described by PNPBIOS or ACPI.
- These are typically ports built into the system board.
-
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
- will be called 8250_pnp.
+ This builds standard PNP serial support. You may be able to
+ disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support.
config SERIAL_8250_HP300
tristate
--- a/include/asm-i386/serial.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/serial.h
@@ -11,3 +11,19 @@
* megabits/second; but this requires the faster clock.
*/
#define BASE_BAUD ( 1843200 / 16 )
+
+/* Standard COM flags (except for COM4, because of the 8514 problem) */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_DETECT_IRQ
+#define STD_COM_FLAGS (ASYNC_BOOT_AUTOCONF | ASYNC_SKIP_TEST | ASYNC_AUTO_IRQ)
+#define STD_COM4_FLAGS (ASYNC_BOOT_AUTOCONF | ASYNC_AUTO_IRQ)
+#else
+#define STD_COM_FLAGS (ASYNC_BOOT_AUTOCONF | ASYNC_SKIP_TEST)
+#define STD_COM4_FLAGS ASYNC_BOOT_AUTOCONF
+#endif
+
+#define SERIAL_PORT_DFNS \
+ /* UART CLK PORT IRQ FLAGS */ \
+ { 0, BASE_BAUD, 0x3F8, 4, STD_COM_FLAGS }, /* ttyS0 */ \
+ { 0, BASE_BAUD, 0x2F8, 3, STD_COM_FLAGS }, /* ttyS1 */ \
+ { 0, BASE_BAUD, 0x3E8, 4, STD_COM_FLAGS }, /* ttyS2 */ \
+ { 0, BASE_BAUD, 0x2E8, 3, STD_COM4_FLAGS }, /* ttyS3 */
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/serial.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/serial.h
@@ -11,3 +11,19 @@
* megabits/second; but this requires the faster clock.
*/
#define BASE_BAUD ( 1843200 / 16 )
+
+/* Standard COM flags (except for COM4, because of the 8514 problem) */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_DETECT_IRQ
+#define STD_COM_FLAGS (ASYNC_BOOT_AUTOCONF | ASYNC_SKIP_TEST | ASYNC_AUTO_IRQ)
+#define STD_COM4_FLAGS (ASYNC_BOOT_AUTOCONF | ASYNC_AUTO_IRQ)
+#else
+#define STD_COM_FLAGS (ASYNC_BOOT_AUTOCONF | ASYNC_SKIP_TEST)
+#define STD_COM4_FLAGS ASYNC_BOOT_AUTOCONF
+#endif
+
+#define SERIAL_PORT_DFNS \
+ /* UART CLK PORT IRQ FLAGS */ \
+ { 0, BASE_BAUD, 0x3F8, 4, STD_COM_FLAGS }, /* ttyS0 */ \
+ { 0, BASE_BAUD, 0x2F8, 3, STD_COM_FLAGS }, /* ttyS1 */ \
+ { 0, BASE_BAUD, 0x3E8, 4, STD_COM_FLAGS }, /* ttyS2 */ \
+ { 0, BASE_BAUD, 0x2E8, 3, STD_COM4_FLAGS }, /* ttyS3 */
--
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2007-08-21 6:52 ` [patch 00/20] 2.6.22-stable review Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:53 ` [patch 01/20] hwmon: fix w83781d temp sensor type setting Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:53 ` [patch 02/20] hwmon: (smsc47m1) restore missing name attribute Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:53 ` [patch 03/20] sky2: restore workarounds for lost interrupts Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:54 ` [patch 04/20] sky2: carrier management Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:54 ` [patch 05/20] sky2: check for more work before leaving NAPI Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:54 ` [patch 06/20] sky2: check drop truncated packets Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:54 ` Greg KH [this message]
2007-08-21 6:54 ` [patch 08/20] ACPICA: Fixed possible corruption of global GPE list Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:55 ` [patch 09/20] ACPICA: Clear reserved fields for incoming ACPI 1.0 FADTs Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:55 ` [patch 10/20] AVR32: Fix atomic_add_unless() and atomic_sub_unless() Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:55 ` [patch 11/20] r8169: avoid needless NAPI poll scheduling Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:55 ` [patch 12/20] forcedeth: fix random hang in forcedeth driver when using netconsole Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:55 ` [patch 13/20] libata: add ATI SB700 device IDs to AHCI driver Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:55 ` [patch 14/20] Hibernation: do not try to mark invalid PFNs as nosave Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:55 ` [patch 15/20] i386: allow debuggers to access the vsyscall page with compat vDSO Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:55 ` [patch 16/20] x86_64: Check for .cfi_rel_offset in CFI probe Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:55 ` [patch 17/20] x86_64: Change PMDS invocation to single macro Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:56 ` [patch 18/20] i386: Handle P6s without performance counters in nmi watchdog Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:56 ` [patch 19/20] i386: Fix double fault handler Greg KH
2007-08-21 6:56 ` [patch 20/20] JFFS2 locking regression fix Greg KH
2007-08-21 15:33 ` [patch 00/20] 2.6.22-stable review Justin M. Forbes
2007-08-23 0:10 ` [stable] " Greg KH
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