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* Serial console via USB (USBTTY) ...
@ 2021-04-01 11:19 Herbert Poetzl
  2021-04-01 13:10 ` Andy Shevchenko
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Poetzl @ 2021-04-01 11:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: u-boot


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.

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 ...

So my questions are:

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

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

 - Can I help getting this working?

Thanks in advance,
Herbert

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* Serial console via USB (USBTTY) ...
  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
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Andy Shevchenko @ 2021-04-01 13:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: u-boot

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!

> 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).

> 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.

>  - 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).

>  - Can I help getting this working?

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

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread

* Serial console via USB (USBTTY) ...
  2021-04-01 13:10 ` Andy Shevchenko
@ 2021-04-01 16:17   ` Herbert Poetzl
  2021-04-01 16:36     ` Andy Shevchenko
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Poetzl @ 2021-04-01 16:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: u-boot


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

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* Serial console via USB (USBTTY) ...
  2021-04-01 16:17   ` Herbert Poetzl
@ 2021-04-01 16:36     ` Andy Shevchenko
  2021-04-01 18:45       ` Herbert Poetzl
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Andy Shevchenko @ 2021-04-01 16:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: u-boot

On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 7:17 PM Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at> wrote:
>
>
> 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.

Here you are: https://github.com/andy-shev/u-boot/tree/topic/f-serial

No guarantees or anything. It's a pile of something.
Tell me when you get it, so I will remove the branch (let's say I'll
do it within 24 hours anyway).

> >> 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?

Try to read the code of existing functions in U-Boot and Linux kernel?

> >>  - 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



-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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* Serial console via USB (USBTTY) ...
  2021-04-01 16:36     ` Andy Shevchenko
@ 2021-04-01 18:45       ` Herbert Poetzl
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Poetzl @ 2021-04-01 18:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: u-boot

On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 07:36:14PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 7:17 PM Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at> wrote:

>> 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.

> Here you are: https://github.com/andy-shev/u-boot/tree/topic/f-serial

> No guarantees or anything. It's a pile of something.
> Tell me when you get it, so I will remove the branch (let's say
> I'll do it within 24 hours anyway).

Got it, thanks!

>>>> 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?

> Try to read the code of existing functions in U-Boot and Linux
> kernel?

Yeah, is there a specific function driver which was ported
from Linux to U-Boot already or would the serial driver 
be the first one?

>>>>  - 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!

Thanks a bunch,
Herbert

>> Best,
>> Herbert

>>> --
>>> With Best Regards,
>>> Andy Shevchenko



> -- 
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko

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