[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] serial: nulldev: Add nulldev serial driver

Wilson Lee wilson.lee at ni.com
Fri Aug 25 03:29:07 UTC 2017


From: Keng Soon Cheah <keng.soon.cheah at ni.com>

Some device the serial console's initialization cannot run early during
the boot process. Hence, nulldev serial device is helpful on that
situation.

For example, if the serial module was implemented in FPGA. Serial
initialization is prohibited to run until the FPGA was programmed.

This commit is to adding nulldev serial driver. This will allows the
default console to be specified as a nulldev.

Signed-off-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger at ni.com>
Signed-off-by: Keng Soon Cheah <keng.soon.cheah at ni.com>
Cc: Chen Yee Chew <chen.yee.chew at ni.com>
---
 drivers/serial/Kconfig          |  7 ++++++
 drivers/serial/Makefile         |  1 +
 drivers/serial/serial_nulldev.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 56 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 drivers/serial/serial_nulldev.c

diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
index a8e9978..5064edf 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
@@ -409,6 +409,13 @@ config MXC_UART
 	  If you have a machine based on a Motorola IMX CPU you
 	  can enable its onboard serial port by enabling this option.
 
+config NULLDEV_SERIAL
+	bool "Null serial device"
+	help
+	  Select this to enable null serial device support. A null serial
+	  device merely acts as a placeholder for a serial device and does
+	  nothing for all it's operation.
+
 config PIC32_SERIAL
 	bool "Support for Microchip PIC32 on-chip UART"
 	depends on DM_SERIAL && MACH_PIC32
diff --git a/drivers/serial/Makefile b/drivers/serial/Makefile
index 72a6996..7adcee3 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/serial/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BCM283X_MU_SERIAL) += serial_bcm283x_mu.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MSM_SERIAL) += serial_msm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MVEBU_A3700_UART) += serial_mvebu_a3700.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MPC8XX_CONS) += serial_mpc8xx.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NULLDEV_SERIAL) += serial_nulldev.o
 
 ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_TTY) += usbtty.o
diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial_nulldev.c b/drivers/serial/serial_nulldev.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0768308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/serial/serial_nulldev.c
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 National Instruments
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <serial.h>
+
+static int nulldev_serial_setbrg(struct udevice *dev, int baudrate)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int nulldev_serial_getc(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	return -EAGAIN;
+}
+
+static int nulldev_serial_input(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int nulldev_serial_putc(struct udevice *dev, const char ch)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct udevice_id nulldev_serial_ids[] = {
+	{ .compatible = "nulldev-serial" },
+	{ }
+};
+
+
+const struct dm_serial_ops nulldev_serial_ops = {
+	.putc = nulldev_serial_putc,
+	.getc = nulldev_serial_getc,
+	.setbrg = nulldev_serial_setbrg,
+};
+
+U_BOOT_DRIVER(serial_nulldev) = {
+	.name	= "serial_nulldev",
+	.id	= UCLASS_SERIAL,
+	.of_match = nulldev_serial_ids,
+	.ops	= &nulldev_serial_ops,
+};
-- 
2.7.4



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