Changes to the generic console support code that happened a while ago introduced a scenario where the initial console is used in parallel with the final console during a brief period when switching between the two is in progress. During that time a message about the switch-over is printed. With some combinations of chips, firmware and drivers, such as the Zilog Z85C30 SCC used with the DECstation, a hang may happen because the firmware used for the initial console may not expect the state of the chip after it has been initialised by the driver. This is not a bug in the firmware, as some registers it would have to examine are write-only. This is a workaround for the Z85C30 which reuses the power-management callback to keep the transmitter of the line associated with the console enabled. It reflects the consensus reached in a discussion a while ago. Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- patch-mips-2.6.23-rc5-20070904-zs-pm-4 diff -up --recursive --new-file linux-mips-2.6.23-rc5-20070904.macro/drivers/serial/zs.c linux-mips-2.6.23-rc5-20070904/drivers/serial/zs.c --- linux-mips-2.6.23-rc5-20070904.macro/drivers/serial/zs.c 2007-09-04 04:55:44.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-mips-2.6.23-rc5-20070904/drivers/serial/zs.c 2007-09-22 20:25:10.000000000 +0000 @@ -787,7 +787,6 @@ static int zs_startup(struct uart_port * zport->regs[1] &= ~RxINT_MASK; zport->regs[1] |= RxINT_ALL | TxINT_ENAB | EXT_INT_ENAB; zport->regs[3] |= RxENABLE; - zport->regs[5] |= TxENAB; zport->regs[15] |= BRKIE; write_zsreg(zport, R1, zport->regs[1]); write_zsreg(zport, R3, zport->regs[3]); @@ -814,7 +813,6 @@ static void zs_shutdown(struct uart_port spin_lock_irqsave(&scc->zlock, flags); - zport->regs[5] &= ~TxENAB; zport->regs[3] &= ~RxENABLE; write_zsreg(zport, R5, zport->regs[5]); write_zsreg(zport, R3, zport->regs[3]); @@ -959,6 +957,23 @@ static void zs_set_termios(struct uart_p spin_unlock_irqrestore(&scc->zlock, flags); } +/* + * Hack alert! + * Required solely so that the initial PROM-based console + * works undisturbed in parallel with this one. + */ +static void zs_pm(struct uart_port *uport, unsigned int state, + unsigned int oldstate) +{ + struct zs_port *zport = to_zport(uport); + + if (state < 3) + zport->regs[5] |= TxENAB; + else + zport->regs[5] &= ~TxENAB; + write_zsreg(zport, R5, zport->regs[5]); +} + static const char *zs_type(struct uart_port *uport) { @@ -1041,6 +1056,7 @@ static struct uart_ops zs_ops = { .startup = zs_startup, .shutdown = zs_shutdown, .set_termios = zs_set_termios, + .pm = zs_pm, .type = zs_type, .release_port = zs_release_port, .request_port = zs_request_port, @@ -1190,6 +1206,7 @@ static int __init zs_console_setup(struc return ret; zs_reset(zport); + zs_pm(uport, 0, -1); if (options) uart_parse_options(options, &baud, &parity, &bits, &flow); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html