Re: non-standard baud rates with Prolific 2303 USB-serial

["Michael G. Katzmann" <michaelk@xxxxxxxx>]

On 3/5/21 4:36 AM, Johan Hovold wrote:

oops I should have looked at the previous code determining variants...

take 2...


#define PL2303_QUIRK_DIVISOR_TA                 BIT(3)

enum pl2303_type {
	TYPE_01,	/* Type 0 and 1 (difference unknown) */
	TYPE_HX,	/* HX version of the pl2303 chip */
	TYPE_HXN,	/* HXN version of the pl2303 chip */
	TYPE_TA,	/* TA version of the pl2303 chip */
	TYPE_COUNT
};


static const struct pl2303_type_data pl2303_type_data[TYPE_COUNT] =
....
        [TYPE_TA] = {
                .max_baud_rate          = 6000000,
                .quirks                 = PL2303_QUIRK_DIVISOR_TA,
        },
};

static int pl2303_startup(struct usb_serial *serial)
{
....
	if ( serial->dev->descriptor.bcdDevice == 0x0300 && serial->dev->descriptor.bcdUSB == 0x0200 )
		type = TYPE_TA;
	else if (serial->dev->descriptor.bDeviceClass == 0x02)
....
}

static speed_t pl2303_encode_baud_rate_divisor( struct usb_serial_port *port,
							unsigned char buf[4],
								speed_t baud)
{
	unsigned int baseline, mantissa, exponent;
	struct usb_serial *serial = port->serial;
	struct pl2303_serial_private *spriv = usb_get_serial_data(serial);

	/*
	 * Apparently the formula is:
	 * baudrate = 12M * 32 / (mantissa * 4^exponent)
	 * where
	 *   mantissa = buf[8:0]
	 *   exponent = buf[11:9]
	 *
	 * TA version has more precision
	 *      uses mantissa = buf[bits 10:0 ]
	 *           exponent = buf[bits 15:13]
	 *  and x2 prescaler enable by buf[bit 16]
	 */
	baseline = 12000000 * 32;
	mantissa = baseline / baud;
	if (mantissa == 0)
		mantissa = 1;    /* Avoid dividing by zero if baud > 32*12M. */
	exponent = 0;

	if (spriv->quirks & PL2303_QUIRK_DIVISOR_TA) {
		while (mantissa >= 2048) {
			// exponent is three bits (after shifting right)
			if (exponent < 15) {   // we are going to divide this by 2 later
				mantissa >>= 1;    // divide by 2
				exponent++;        // currently log2 ... will become log4
			} else {
				/* Exponent is maxed. Trim mantissa and leave. */
				mantissa = 2047 ;
				break;
			}
		}
		buf[2] = exponent & 0x01;  // activate x2 prescaler if needed
		exponent >>= 1;            // now log base 4 (losing LSB)
		buf[1] = (exponent << 5) | (mantissa >> 8);
	} else {
		while (mantissa >= 512) {
			if (exponent < 7) {
				mantissa >>= 2; /* divide by 4 */
				exponent++;
			} else {
				/* Exponent is maxed. Trim mantissa and leave. */
				mantissa = 511;
				break;
			}
		}
		buf[2] = 0;
		buf[1] = exponent << 1 | mantissa >> 8;
	}

	buf[3] = 0x80;
	buf[0] = mantissa & 0xff;

	/* Calculate and return the exact baud rate. */
	baud = (baseline / mantissa / (buf[2] == 0x01 ? 2:1)) >> (exponent << 1);
	return baud;
}

static void pl2303_encode_baud_rate(struct tty_struct *tty,
					struct usb_serial_port *port,
					u8 buf[4])
{
....
	else
		baud = pl2303_encode_baud_rate_divisor(port, buf, baud);
....
}