Le 16/08/2012 16:29, Alan Cox a écrit :
The PowerPC CPM is working differently. It doesn't use a fifo but
buffers. Buffers are handed to the microprocessor only when they are
full or after a timeout period which is adjustable. In the driver, the
Which is different how - remembering we empty the FIFO on an IRQ
buffers are configured with a size of 32 bytes. And the timeout is set
to the size of the buffer. That is this timeout that I'm reducing to 1
byte in my proposed patch. I can't see what it would break for high
speed I/O.
How can a timeout be measured in "bytes". Can we have a bit more clarity
on how the hardware works and take it from there ?
Alan
The reference manual of MPC885 says the following about the MAX_IDL
parameter:
MAX_IDL: Maximum idle characters. When a character is received, the
receiver begins counting idle characters. If MAX_IDL idle characters are
received before the next data character, an idle timeout occurs and the
buffer is closed,
generating a maskable interrupt request to the core to receive the data
from the buffer. Thus, MAX_IDL offers a way to demarcate frames. To
disable the feature, clear MAX_IDL. The bit length of an idle character
is calculated as follows: 1 + data length (5–9) + 1 (if parity is used)
+ number of stop bits (1–2). For 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit,
the character length is 10 bits
If the UART is receiving data and gets an idle character (all ones), the
channel begins counting consecutive idle characters received. If MAX_IDL
is reached, the buffer is closed and an RX interrupt is generated if not
masked. If no buffer is open, this event does not generate an interrupt
or any status information. The internal idle counter (IDLC) is reset
every time a character is received. To disable the idle sequence
function, clear MAX_IDL
The datasheet of the 16550 UART says:
Besides, for FIFO mode operation a time out mechanism is implemented.
Independently of the trigger level of the FIFO, an interrupt will be
generated if there is at least one word in the FIFO and for a time
equivalent to the transmission of four characters
- no new character has been received and
- the microprocessor has not read the RHR
To compute the time out, the current total number of bits (start, data,
parity and stop(s)) is used, together with the current baud rate (i.e.,
it depends on the contents of the LCR, DLL, DLM and PSD registers).
Christophe
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