From: Gabriel Matni <gabriel.matni@xxxxxxxx> Fixes missing characters on kernel console at low baud rates (i.e.9600). The driver should poll TX_RDY or TX_FIFO_EMP instead of TX_EMP to ensure that the transmitter holding register (THR) is ready to receive a new byte. TX_EMP tells us when it is possible to send a break sequence via SND_BRK_SEQ. While this also indicates that both the THR and the TSR are empty, it does not guarantee that a new byte can be written just yet. Fixes: 30530791a7a0 ("serial: mvebu-uart: initial support for Armada-3700 serial port") Reviewed-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Matni <gabriel.matni@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c index a100e98259d7..400e1bc558b2 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ static void wait_for_xmitr(struct uart_port *port) u32 val; readl_poll_timeout_atomic(port->membase + UART_STAT, val, - (val & STAT_TX_EMP), 1, 10000); + (val & STAT_TX_RDY(port)), 1, 10000); } static void mvebu_uart_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, int ch) -- 2.7.4 > -----Original Message----- > From: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: March 15, 2018 12:55 PM > To: Gabriel Matni <gabriel.matni@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Miquel > Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Grégory Clement > <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Thomas Petazzoni > <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: mvebu-uart: fix tx lost characters > > On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 03:47:03PM +0000, Gabriel Matni wrote: > > From: Gabriel Matni <gabriel.matni@xxxxxxxx> > > > > Fixes missing characters on kernel console at low baud rates (i.e.9600). > > The driver should poll TX_RDY or TX_FIFO_EMP instead of TX_EMP to > ensure > > that the transmitter holding register (THR) is ready to receive a new byte. > > > > TX_EMP tells us when it is possible to send a break sequence via > > SND_BRK_SEQ. While this also indicates that both the THR and the TSR are > > empty, it does not guarantee that a new byte can be written just yet. > > > > Fixes: 30530791a7a0 ("serial: mvebu-uart: initial support for Armada-3700 > serial port") > > Reviewed-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Acked-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Gabriel Matni <gabriel.matni@xxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu- > uart.c > > index a100e98259d7..f0df0640208e 100644 > > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c > > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c > > @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ static void wait_for_xmitr(struct uart_port *port) > > u32 val; > > > > readl_poll_timeout_atomic(port->membase + UART_STAT, val, > > - (val & STAT_TX_EMP), 1, 10000); > > + (val & STAT_TX_RDY(port)), 1, 10000); > > } > > > > static void mvebu_uart_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, int ch) > > -- > > 2.7.4 > > Patch is corrupted and can not be applied :( > > Please fix up and resend. > > Also be sure to cc: the linux-serial mailing list, > scripts/get_maintainer.pl is your friend... > > thanks, > > greg k-h