On 09/11/2014 01:17 PM, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h
>> index fbed1636e9c4..09489b391568 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h
>> @@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ struct serial8250_config {
>> #define UART_BUG_PARITY (1 << 4) /* UART mishandles parity if FIFO enabled */
>> #define UART_BUG_DMA_RX (1 << 5) /* UART needs DMA RX req before there is
>> data in FIFO */
>> +#define UART_BUG_DMA_TX (1 << 6) /* UART needs one byte in FIFO for
>> + kickstart */
>
> I don't think we should go ahead with this patch. I'm pretty sure
> this is AM335 specific problem, or at least limited to only few
> platforms. And I don't think we should take any more "BUG" flags.
>
> We should add hooks like tx_dma and rx_dma to struct uart_8250_dma so
> that the probe drivers can replace serial8250_tx_dma and
> seria8250_rx_dma, like I think Alan already suggested.
Okay. Wasn't aware that Alan already suggested that.
I also need a watchdog timer for TX since it seems that on omap3 the
DMA engine suddenly forgets to continue with DMA…
If this is really what we want, I would need to refactor a few things…
> Let's keep serial8250_tx_dma/rx_dma as the default, and not add any
> quirks to them. Only if there is a very common case should it be
> handled in those. The case of RX req needing to be sent before data in
> FIFO maybe one of those, but I'm no sure.
keep in mind that both (RX & TX bugs/hacks) need also a bit of handling
in the 8250-core so it works together (like the tx_err member so we
fall back to manual xmit)
Sebastian
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