Hello,
Cc: += devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 12:15:14PM +0200, Romain Perier wrote:
> From: Nandor Han <nandor.han@xxxxxx>
>
> The size of the DMA buffer can affect the delta time between data being
> produced and data being consumed. Basically the DMA system will move
> data to tty buffer when a) DMA buffer is full b) serial line is idle.
> The situation is visible when producer generates data continuously and
> there is no possibility for idle line. At this point the DMA buffer is
> directly affecting the delta time.
This doesn't look like a hw property but a configuration item. Also I
don't understand the problematic case. The i.MX is sending continuously
and then doesn't receive bytes until the DMA buffer is full? What is the
DMA buffer? You don't mean the FIFO here, do you?
That doesn't sound like a good fix but more like a work around. Which
other options did you test to fix your problem?
> The patch will add the possibility to configure the DMA buffers in DT,
> which case by case can be configured separately for every driver
> instance. The DT configuration is optional and in case missing the
> driver will use the 4096 buffer with 4 periods (as before), therefore no
> clients are impacted by this change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nandor Han <nandor.han@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Romain Perier <romain.perier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/serial/fsl-imx-uart.txt | 2 ++
> drivers/tty/serial/imx.c | 25 +++++++++++++++-------
> 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/fsl-imx-uart.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/fsl-imx-uart.txt
> index 574c3a2..e6b5724 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/fsl-imx-uart.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/fsl-imx-uart.txt
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Optional properties:
> - fsl,irda-mode : Indicate the uart supports irda mode
> - fsl,dte-mode : Indicate the uart works in DTE mode. The uart works
> in DCE mode by default.
> +- fsl,dma-size : Indicate the size of the DMA buffer and its periods
This is a sparse description, just from reading that I don't understand
what it does.
> Please check Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/serial.txt
> for the complete list of generic properties.
> @@ -28,4 +29,5 @@ uart1: serial@73fbc000 {
> interrupts = <31>;
> uart-has-rtscts;
> fsl,dte-mode;
> + fsl,dma-size = <1024 4>;
> };
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
> index bbefddd..7327477 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
> @@ -186,6 +186,11 @@
>
> #define UART_NR 8
>
> +/* RX DMA buffer periods */
> +#define RX_DMA_PERIODS 4
> +#define RX_BUF_SIZE (PAGE_SIZE)
These names should include "DEFAULT" in their name now to fit their new
semantic.
Best regards
Uwe
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