[U-Boot] [PATCH] serial: lpc32xx: send CR before LF

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Sun Dec 1 00:06:10 CET 2013


Dear Vladimir Zapolskiy,

> On 11/30/13 17:42, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > Dear Vladimir Zapolskiy,
> > 
> >> For LPC32XX high-speed UART it is required to send a carriage return
> >> symbol along with line feed.
> > 
> > Why ?
> > 
> >> The problem was introduced in e503f90a
> >> commit.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy<vz at mleia.com>
> >> Cc: Marek Vasut<marex at denx.de>
> >> ---
> >> 
> >>   drivers/serial/lpc32xx_hsuart.c |    3 +++
> >>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/drivers/serial/lpc32xx_hsuart.c
> >> b/drivers/serial/lpc32xx_hsuart.c index 9c7c621..c8926a8 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/serial/lpc32xx_hsuart.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/serial/lpc32xx_hsuart.c
> >> @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ static int lpc32xx_serial_getc(void)
> >> 
> >>   static void lpc32xx_serial_putc(const char c)
> >>   {
> >> 
> >> +	if (c == '\n')
> >> +		serial_putc('\r');
> >> +
> >> 
> >>   	writel(c,&hsuart->tx);
> >>   	
> >>   	/* Wait for character to be sent */
> > 
> > btw. I have a feeling each and every driver does send CR-LF combo and
> > emulates it this way. Maybe this should eventually go into common code ?
> > But that's just a suggestion for future improvement.
> 
> No objections from my side, however it seems that not every particular
> serial
> controller requires such a hook, for code generalization it may be good
> to have
> it for all drivers, but strict enforcement may be redundant for some
> subset.

This would need further investigation, very detailed one.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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