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From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: Serial console via USB (USBTTY) ...
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2021 18:17:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210401161730.GQ14419@MAIL.13thfloor.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHp75VexxAY=1cqzHvcg963Kd-sxyujW3sTr5KkVx2rq5MK1Qg@mail.gmail.com>


Hello Andy!

Thanks for the quick feedback!

On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 04:10:57PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 2:19 PM Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at> wrote:


>> I'm trying to get a serial console via USB working on
>> STM32MP1 but I'm encountering some problems there ...

>> The u-boot README suggests to add the following config
>> entries to the board specific .h file:

>>  CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
>>  CONFIG_USB_TTY
>>  CONFIG_USBD_HS (for high speed support)
>>  CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV

>> ... but when doing so, I get a number of linker errors
>> which suggest that there is something missing:
>> https://pastebin.com/raw/bbpCu8jy

>> Marek (via IRC) suggested that this is because the
>> USB_TTY seems to be based on the old gadget framework
>> and needs to be updated to the new one.

> Precisely!

Are there any examples of such a conversion or is there
some guide how to convert drivers from the 'old' framework
to the 'new' one?

>> It was also suggested that a port of the Linux serial
>> function driver would be a good alternative to get
>> CDC/ACM functionality into u-boot and that Andy might
>> already be working on this ...

> I abandoned that, but I can send what I have (it still doesn't
> properly work to me).

Would definitely be interesting to see, as it seems that
other function drivers (those are the f_* ones, as far
as I understood) seem to work just fine.

>> So my questions are:

>>  - What is currently the best/easiest approach to
>>    get a serial console via USB working?

> Create a support for it. 
> You may consider it as there is no support.

Okay, how do I best start with that?

>>  - Is the port from Linux in a stage that it can
>>    be tested and/or finalized within a easonable
>>    amount of time?

> Not from me (I started but encountered so many issues here and
> there, besides the fact that it's really time consuming).

I understand ...

>>  - Can I help getting this working?

> If you do it yourself. I can help with testing on my platform.

Great! Thanks in advance!

Best,
Herbert

> -- 
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko

  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-01 16:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-01 11:19 Serial console via USB (USBTTY) Herbert Poetzl
2021-04-01 13:10 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-01 16:17   ` Herbert Poetzl [this message]
2021-04-01 16:36     ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-01 18:45       ` Herbert Poetzl

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