[U-Boot] [U-Boot,v3,09/13] ns16550: unify serial_tegra

[Simon Glass]

Hi,

On 4 December 2015 at 07:09, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 03:10:14PM +0100, Yegor Yefremov wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Thomas Chou <thomas at wytron.com.tw> wrote:
>> > Hi Stephen,
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2015年12月04日 06:55, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> >>
>> >> The patch below appears to solve the problem. Any ideas how to fix this
>> >> cleanly? I don't think we want to introduce a CONFIG_SPL_xxx for every
>> >> CONFIG_xxx, yet CONFIG_IS_ENABLED() (e.g. used around
>> >> arch/arm/mach-tegra/board.c's U_BOOT_DEVICE(ns16550_com1) definition)
>> >> seems to require this.
>> >>
>> >> Unfortunately, the patch doesn't revert cleanly, or at least would
>> >> require other more recent patches to be reverted first.
>> >>
>> >> Also, while debugging this I found that U-Boot force-probes any device
>> >> referenced by /chosen/stdout-path even if the DT node is disabled; yet
>> >> more fundamental incorrect DT processing:-( That's why the patch below
>> >> only affects SPL. More fixes to actually enable the serial port in DT
>> >> should be required.
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig
>> >> index fbfb204e6ec8..15609e7dc773 100644
>> >> --- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig
>> >> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig
>> >> @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
>> >>   if TEGRA
>> >>
>> >> +config SPL_DM_SERIAL
>> >> +    bool "Fix build"
>> >> +
>> >>   config TEGRA_COMMON
>> >>       bool "Tegra common options"
>> >>       select DM
>> >> @@ -12,6 +15,7 @@ config TEGRA_COMMON
>> >>       select DM_SPI
>> >>       select DM_SPI_FLASH
>> >>       select OF_CONTROL
>> >> +    select SPL_DM_SERIAL
>> >>
>> >
>> > But all serial drivers should be converted to driver model by the end of
>> > Jan, 2016. The DM_SERIAL should be removed then.
>> >
>> > As SPL might not use OF_CONTROL. We might need better logic in tegra board.c
>> > like,
>> >   SPL_BUILD ? SPL_OF_CONTROL : OF_CONTROL
>> >
>> >
>> >>   config TEGRA_ARMV7_COMMON
>> >>       bool "Tegra 32-bit common options"
>> >> diff --git a/drivers/serial/ns16550.c b/drivers/serial/ns16550.c
>> >> index 166deabcd436..256c7eafd76e 100644
>> >> --- a/drivers/serial/ns16550.c
>> >> +++ b/drivers/serial/ns16550.c
>> >> @@ -451,5 +451,6 @@ U_BOOT_DRIVER(ns16550_serial) = {
>> >>       .priv_auto_alloc_size = sizeof(struct NS16550),
>> >>       .probe = ns16550_serial_probe,
>> >>       .ops    = &ns16550_serial_ops,
>> >> +    .flags    = DM_FLAG_PRE_RELOC,
>> >
>> >
>> > Yes, this pre-reloc flag should be added.
>> >
>> >>   };
>> >>   #endif /* CONFIG_DM_SERIAL */
>>
>> Have the same issue with am335x boards
>> (http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2015-December/236615.html).
>
> Bah.  I tested this on omap4_panda where I didn't see a problem..

I found someone on beaglebone black so will send a patch.

Regards,
Simon