Am 17.04.2017 um 17:27 schrieb Neil Armstrong: > On 04/17/2017 03:58 PM, Ben Dooks wrote: >> On 16/04/17 21:13, Heiner Kallweit wrote: >>> AML_UART_TX_EN is set in meson_uart_startup and there's no place in >>> the driver where it gets cleared. Therefore we don't have to set it >>> here. >> >> I think this is a leftover of the patches I did when trying to fix >> the UART driver when using debian/systemd and having strange console >> problems. >> >> The only comment is it might be worth leaving this in as it isn't >> a high cost to the driver and it is possible someone might accidentally >> clear it later. >> >>> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c | 1 - >>> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c >>> index 22857f1e..714b29ad 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c >>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c >>> @@ -497,7 +497,6 @@ static void meson_serial_port_write(struct uart_port *port, const char *s, >>> } >>> >>> val = readl(port->membase + AML_UART_CONTROL); >>> - val |= AML_UART_TX_EN; >>> tmp = val & ~(AML_UART_TX_INT_EN | AML_UART_RX_INT_EN); >>> writel(tmp, port->membase + AML_UART_CONTROL); >>> >>> >> >> > > I'm ok to remove it, having it in uart_startup is enough. > > Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Have you checked the earlycon code paths? That does not run through the standard setup function, so it is dependent on what the firmware set last. I believe I am calling into this function through some wrapper. Since we're writing the register anyway, it shouldn't hurt to leave this in. Regards, Andreas -- SUSE Linux GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) -- 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