On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since v3.13-rc1, this commit seems to have introduced some oddities on > some of our boards. See this log snippet: > > Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled > ����R�console [ttyS0] enabled > console [ttyS0] enabled > bootconsole [earlycon0] disabled > bootconsole [earlycon0] disabled > dw-apb-uart d0012100.serial: Couldn't set LCR to 191 > dw-apb-uart d0012100.serial: Couldn't set LCR to 191 > dw-apb-uart d0012100.serial: Couldn't set LCR to 224 > dw-apb-uart d0012100.serial: Couldn't set LCR to 224 > d0012100.serial: ttyS1 at MMIO 0xd0012100 (irq = 18, base_baud = 15625000) is a 16550A > > This behavior appear in at least Armada 370 and Armada XP boxes. > > I confirm reverting this commit fixes the issue and things get back to normal. > Here's the complete kernel log: sprunge.us/gMdL > > Ideas? Hi Ezequiel, An external device may be keeping the UART busy and preventing LCR from being written. What device is attached to ttyS1? Also, do you know the version of the Synopsys IP? If built with ADDITIONAL_FEATURES=YES, the version can be read from the hardware: # busybox devmem 0xd00121f8 32 -Tim -- 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
