On Wed, 2016-04-06 at 09:27 -0700, Peter Hurley wrote:
> On 04/06/2016 07:18 AM, Mark Salter wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 2016-04-06 at 11:52 +0100, Graeme Gregory wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 01:24:12PM +0300, Aleksey Makarov wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 04/05/2016 07:27 PM, Mark Salter wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Could you CC me on future postings of this series, please?
> > > > >
> > > > > So v3 fixed a problem where platforms using 8250 didn't work.
> > > > > Then in v5, that fix was lost so 8250 no longer works.
> > > > That fix was dropped because now this is implemented differently.
> > > > Now the code uses the existing match() member of struct console.
> > > > It has already been implemented for 8250.
> > > > Probably SPCR table specifies incorrect data.
> > > > It was reported that D02 board has similar issue.
> > > >
> > > The D02 issue referred to is the 8250 implementation they used has 32bit
> > > only MMIO access which there is no manner to represent in SPCR. It also
> > > doesn't use the "standard" 16550 clock rate so supplying a baud rate
> > > makes it change to a random baud rate.
> > So, the problem with Mustang and m400 was the mmio vs mmio32.
> Bummer. Maybe that firmware can use a different DBG2 port designation to
> indicate it's a DesignWare 8250 (or generically 32-bit mmio).
>
> >
> > Right now,
> > the kernel only supports mmio32 in the 8250_dw.c driver when probed with
> > ACPI.
> While that's true specifically for DesignWare 8250 + ACPI, that's not
> true for _all_ 8250 + ACPI.
>
> >
> > Other x86 machines just use legacy 8250 ports which don't need
> > entries in the DSDT and use legacy io.
> I find that statement hard to believe. I know for a fact ia64 servers didn't,
> so the assertion that SPCR + 16550 + MMIO automatically means 32-bit data width
> seems unlikely.
You're right. Other than DesignWare, 8250 ports can be descibed with PNP IDs
which is the bit I was missing. And all of those assume 8-bit width. So it
seems a DBG2 port designation for 8250 with 32-bit mmio is needed.
>
> In fact, I suspect the opposite is true; that before these arm64 designs,
> SPCR + 16550 + MMIO automatically meant 8-bit data width, which is why it's
> unspecified in the SPCR table.
>
> Regards,
> Peter Hurley
>
>
> >
> > The 8250_dw driver does support
> > non-standard clocks specified in the DSDT. That works fine for Mustang
> > and m400.
> >
> > So with this quick hack, v7 is working with Mustang/m400:
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/spcr.c b/drivers/acpi/spcr.c
> > index 68ffc33..dade9de 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/spcr.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/spcr.c
> > @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ int __init parse_spcr(bool earlycon)
> > acpi_status status;
> > char *uart;
> > char *iotype;
> > + int mmio;
> > int baud_rate;
> > int err;
> >
> > @@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ int __init parse_spcr(bool earlycon)
> > goto done;
> > }
> >
> > - iotype = table->serial_port.space_id == ACPI_ADR_SPACE_SYSTEM_MEMORY ?
> > - "mmio" : "io";
> > + mmio = table->serial_port.space_id == ACPI_ADR_SPACE_SYSTEM_MEMORY;
> > + iotype = mmio ? "mmio" : "io";
> >
> > switch (table->interface_type) {
> > case ACPI_DBG2_ARM_SBSA_32BIT:
> > @@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ int __init parse_spcr(bool earlycon)
> > case ACPI_DBG2_16550_COMPATIBLE:
> > case ACPI_DBG2_16550_SUBSET:
> > uart = "uart";
> > + if (mmio)
> > + iotype = "mmio32";
> > break;
> > default:
> > err = -ENOENT;
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > We may need two 8250 subset entries, one just means no clock given, and
> > > one no clock given + mmio32 only.
> > >
> > > Graeme
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thank you
> > > > Aleksey Makarov
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --Mark
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, 2016-03-31 at 16:40 +0300, Aleksey Makarov wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 'ARM Server Base Boot Requirements' [1] mentions SPCR (Serial Port
> > > > > > Console Redirection Table) [2] as a mandatory ACPI table that
> > > > > > specifies the configuration of serial console.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Move "earlycon" early_param handling to earlycon.c to parse this option once
> > > > > >
> > > > > > *** PATCH "ACPICA: Headers: Add new constants for the DBG2 ACPI table"
> > > > > > *** IS JUST TO ENABLE BUILDING THE PATCHSET ON linux-next
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Patch "ACPICA: Headers: Add new constants for the DBG2 ACPI table" is required
> > > > > > for the next patch. It is taken from ACPICA series [3], but it has not appeared
> > > > > > in linux-next yet.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Parse SPCR table, setup earlycon and add register specified console.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Enable parsing this table on ARM64. Earlycon should be set up
> > > > > > as early as possible. ACPI boot tables are mapped in
> > > > > > arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c:acpi_boot_table_init() called from setup_arch()
> > > > > > and that's where we parse spcr. So it has to be opted-in per-arch.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Implement console_match() for pl011.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Based on the work by Leif Lindholm [4]
> > > > > > Thanks to Peter Hurley for explaining how this should work.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Should be applied to next-20160331.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Tested on QEMU. SPCR support is included in QEMU's ARM mach-virt
> > > > > > since 2.4 release.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > v7:
> > > > > > - add Acked-by: Rob Herring for "of/serial: move earlycon early_param handling
> > > > > > to serial"
> > > > > > - call DT earlycon initialization from the arch ACPI code, not from parse_spcr()
> > > > > > (Rafael J. Wysocki)
> > > > > > - fix a few minor issues (Rafael J. Wysocki)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > v6:
> > > > > > https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1458823925-19560-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > - add documentation for parse_spcr() functioin (Yury Norov)
> > > > > > - don't initialize err variable (Yury Norov)
> > > > > > - add __initdata for the earlycon_init_is_deferred flag variable
> > > > > > - rename the function exported in "of/serial: move earlycon early_param handling
> > > > > > to serial" to avoid clash with the function from arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c
> > > > > > - defer initialization of DT earlycon until DT/ACPI decision is made
> > > > > > (Rob Herring, Peter Hurley)
> > > > > > - use snprintf instead of sprintf (Andy Shevchenko)
> > > > > > - drop patch that adds EARLYCON_DECLARE for pl011 as EARLYCON_DECLARE is
> > > > > > equivalent to OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE for 4.6+ (Peter Hurley). This means that
> > > > > > SPCR earlycon will not work on the kernels before 4.6
> > > > > >
> > > > > > v5:
> > > > > > https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1458643595-14719-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > - drop patch "serial: pl011: use ACPI SPCR to setup 32-bit access" because
> > > > > > it is ugly. Also because Christopher Covington came with a better solution [5]
> > > > > > - remove error message when the table is not provided by ACPI (Andy Shevchenko)
> > > > > > - rewrite spcr.c following the suggestions by Peter Hurley
> > > > > > - add console_match() for pl011 in a separate patch
> > > > > > - add EARLYCON_DECLARE for pl011 in a separate patch
> > > > > > - add patch "of/serial: move earlycon early_param handling to serial" from
> > > > > > the GDB2 series
> > > > > >
> > > > > > v4:
> > > > > > https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1456747355-15692-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > - drop patch "ACPI: change __init to __ref for early_acpi_os_unmap_memory()"
> > > > > > ACPI developers work on a new API and asked not to do that.
> > > > > > Instead, use acpi_get_table_with_size()/early_acpi_os_unmap_memory() once
> > > > > > and cache the result. (Lv Zheng)
> > > > > > - fix some style issues (Yury Norov)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > v3:
> > > > > > https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1455559532-8305-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Greg Kroah-Hartman did not like v2 so I have rewritten this patchset:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - drop acpi_match() member of struct console
> > > > > > - drop implementations of this member for pl011 and 8250
> > > > > > - drop the patch that renames some vars in printk.c as it is not needed anymore
> > > > > > - drop patch that introduces system wide acpi_table_parse2().
> > > > > > Instead introduce a custom acpi_table_parse_spcr() in spcr.c
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Instead of introducing a new match_acpi() member of struct console,
> > > > > > this patchset introduces a new function acpi_console_check().
> > > > > > This function is called when a new uart is registered at serial_core.c
> > > > > > the same way OF code checks for console. If the registered uart is the
> > > > > > console specified by SPCR table, this function calls add_preferred_console()
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The restrictions of this approach are:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - only serial consoles can be set up
> > > > > > - only consoles specified by the memory/io address can be set up
> > > > > > (SPCR can specify devices by PCI id/PCI address)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > v2:
> > > > > > https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1455299022-11641-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > - don't use SPCR if user specified console in command line
> > > > > > - fix initialization order of newcon->index = 0
> > > > > > - rename some variables at printk.c (Joe Perches, Peter Hurley)
> > > > > > - enable ACPI_SPCR_TABLE in a separate patch (Andy Shevchenko)
> > > > > > - remove the retry loop for console registering (Peter Hurley).
> > > > > > Instead, obtain SPCR with acpi_get_table(). That works after
> > > > > > call to acpi_early_init() i. e. in any *_initcall()
> > > > > > - describe design decision behind introducing acpi_match() (Peter Hurley)
> > > > > > - fix compilation for x86 + ACPI (Graeme Gregory)
> > > > > > - introduce DBG2 constants in a separate patch (Andy Shevchenko)
> > > > > > - fix a typo in DBG2 constants (Andy Shevchenko)
> > > > > > - add ACPI_DBG2_ARM_SBSA_32BIT constant (Christopher Covington)
> > > > > > - add support for ACPI_DBG2_ARM_SBSA_* consoles (Christopher Covington)
> > > > > > - add documentation for functions
> > > > > > - add a patch that uses SPCR to find if SBSA serial driver should use 32-bit
> > > > > > accessor functions (Christopher Covington)
> > > > > > - change __init to __ref for early_acpi_os_unmap_memory() in a separate patch
> > > > > > - introduce acpi_table_parse2() in a separate patch
> > > > > > - fix fetching the SPCR table early (Mark Salter)
> > > > > > - add a patch from Mark Salter that introduces support for matching 8250-based
> > > > > > consoles
> > > > > >
> > > > > > v1:
> > > > > > https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1453722324-22407-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1] http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.den0044a/index.html
> > > > > > [2] https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn639132(v=vs.85).aspx
> > > > > > [3] https://lkml.kernel.org/g/cover.1458714002.git.lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > [4] https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1441716217-23786-1-git-send-email-leif.lindholm@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > [5] https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1457415800-8799-1-git-send-email-cov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Aleksey Makarov (4):
> > > > > > ACPICA: Headers: Add new constants for the DBG2 ACPI table
> > > > > > ACPI: parse SPCR and enable matching console
> > > > > > ARM64: ACPI: enable ACPI_SPCR_TABLE
> > > > > > serial: pl011: add console matching function
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Leif Lindholm (1):
> > > > > > of/serial: move earlycon early_param handling to serial
> > > > > >
> > > > > > arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
> > > > > > arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c | 11 +++-
> > > > > > drivers/acpi/Kconfig | 3 ++
> > > > > > drivers/acpi/Makefile | 1 +
> > > > > > drivers/acpi/spcr.c | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > > drivers/of/fdt.c | 11 +---
> > > > > > drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > > drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c | 19 ++++++-
> > > > > > include/acpi/actbl2.h | 7 ++-
> > > > > > include/linux/acpi.h | 6 +++
> > > > > > include/linux/of_fdt.h | 2 +
> > > > > > include/linux/serial_core.h | 6 +++
> > > > > > 12 files changed, 220 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > > > > > create mode 100644 drivers/acpi/spcr.c
> > > > > >
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