Hi Gabriel, On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:55:25 +0000, Gabriel Matni <gabriel.matni@xxxxxxxx> 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..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); I think this line should be indented like the one you replaced. Thanks, Miquèl -- Miquel Raynal, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons) Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com