[U-Boot] [PATCH] serial: ns16550: Add RX interrupt buffer support

Stefan Roese sr at denx.de
Fri Jul 14 15:11:57 UTC 2017


Hi Simon,

On 14.07.2017 15:50, Simon Glass wrote:
> On 13 July 2017 at 05:33, Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de> wrote:
>> Pasting longer lines into the U-Boot console prompt sometimes leads to
>> characters missing. One problem here is the small 16-byte FIFO of the
>> legacy NS16550 UART, e.g. on x86 platforms.
>>
>> This patch now introduces a Kconfig option to enable RX interrupt
>> buffer support for NS16550 style UARTs. With this option enabled, I was
>> able paste really long lines into the U-Boot console, without any
>> characters missing.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>
>> Cc: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
>> Cc: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/serial/Kconfig   |  10 +++++
>>   drivers/serial/ns16550.c | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>   include/ns16550.h        |   6 +++
>>   3 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> 
> nits below
> 
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
>> index b7dd2ac103..8284febae3 100644
>> --- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
>> @@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ config DM_SERIAL
>>            implements serial_putc() etc. The uclass interface is
>>            defined in include/serial.h.
>>
>> +config SERIAL_IRQ_BUFFER
>> +       bool "Enable RX interrupt buffer for serial input"
>> +       depends on DM_SERIAL
>> +       default n
>> +       help
>> +         Enable RX interrupt buffer support for the serial driver.
>> +         This enables pasting longer strings, even when the RX FIFO
>> +         of the UART is not big enough (e.g. 16 bytes on the normal
>> +         NS16550).
>> +
>>   config SPL_DM_SERIAL
>>          bool "Enable Driver Model for serial drivers in SPL"
>>          depends on DM_SERIAL
>> diff --git a/drivers/serial/ns16550.c b/drivers/serial/ns16550.c
>> index e0e70244ce..686c088e1d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/serial/ns16550.c
>> +++ b/drivers/serial/ns16550.c
>> @@ -315,6 +315,80 @@ DEBUG_UART_FUNCS
>>   #endif
>>
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_DM_SERIAL
>> +
>> +#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(SERIAL_IRQ_BUFFER)
>> +
>> +#define BUF_COUNT      256
>> +
>> +static void rx_fifo_to_buf(struct udevice *dev)
>> +{
>> +       struct NS16550 *const com_port = dev_get_priv(dev);
>> +       struct ns16550_platdata *plat = dev->platdata;
>> +
>> +       /* Read all available chars into buffer */
>> +       while ((serial_in(&com_port->lsr) & UART_LSR_DR)) {
>> +               plat->buf[plat->wr_ptr++] = serial_in(&com_port->rbr);
>> +               plat->wr_ptr %= BUF_COUNT;
>> +       }
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int rx_pending(struct udevice *dev)
>> +{
>> +       struct ns16550_platdata *plat = dev->platdata;
>> +
>> +       /*
>> +        * At startup it may happen, that some already received chars are
>> +        * "stuck" in the RX FIFO, even with the interrupt enabled. This
>> +        * RX FIFO flushing makes sure, that these chars are read out and
>> +        * the RX interrupts works as expected.
>> +        */
>> +       rx_fifo_to_buf(dev);
>> +
>> +       return plat->rd_ptr != plat->wr_ptr ? 1 : 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int rx_get(struct udevice *dev)
>> +{
>> +       struct ns16550_platdata *plat = dev->platdata;
>> +       char val;
>> +
>> +       val = plat->buf[plat->rd_ptr++];
>> +       plat->rd_ptr %= BUF_COUNT;
>> +
>> +       return val;
>> +}
>> +
>> +void ns16550_handle_irq(void *data)
>> +{
>> +       struct udevice *dev = (struct udevice *)data;
>> +       struct NS16550 *const com_port = dev_get_priv(dev);
>> +
>> +       /* Check if interrupt is pending */
>> +       if (serial_in(&com_port->iir) & UART_IIR_NO_INT)
>> +               return;
>> +
>> +       /* Flush all available characters from the RX FIFO into the RX buffer */
>> +       rx_fifo_to_buf(dev);
>> +}
>> +
>> +#else /* CONFIG_SERIAL_IRQ_BUFFER */
>> +
>> +static int rx_pending(struct udevice *dev)
>> +{
>> +       struct NS16550 *const com_port = dev_get_priv(dev);
>> +
>> +       return serial_in(&com_port->lsr) & UART_LSR_DR ? 1 : 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int rx_get(struct udevice *dev)
>> +{
>> +       struct NS16550 *const com_port = dev_get_priv(dev);
>> +
>> +       return serial_in(&com_port->rbr);
>> +}
>> +
>> +#endif /* CONFIG_SERIAL_IRQ_BUFFER */
>> +
>>   static int ns16550_serial_putc(struct udevice *dev, const char ch)
>>   {
>>          struct NS16550 *const com_port = dev_get_priv(dev);
>> @@ -340,19 +414,17 @@ static int ns16550_serial_pending(struct udevice *dev, bool input)
>>          struct NS16550 *const com_port = dev_get_priv(dev);
>>
>>          if (input)
>> -               return serial_in(&com_port->lsr) & UART_LSR_DR ? 1 : 0;
>> +               return rx_pending(dev);
>>          else
>>                  return serial_in(&com_port->lsr) & UART_LSR_THRE ? 0 : 1;
>>   }
>>
>>   static int ns16550_serial_getc(struct udevice *dev)
>>   {
>> -       struct NS16550 *const com_port = dev_get_priv(dev);
>> -
>> -       if (!(serial_in(&com_port->lsr) & UART_LSR_DR))
>> +       if (!ns16550_serial_pending(dev, true))
>>                  return -EAGAIN;
>>
>> -       return serial_in(&com_port->rbr);
>> +       return rx_get(dev);
>>   }
>>
>>   static int ns16550_serial_setbrg(struct udevice *dev, int baudrate)
>> @@ -375,6 +447,21 @@ int ns16550_serial_probe(struct udevice *dev)
>>          com_port->plat = dev_get_platdata(dev);
>>          NS16550_init(com_port, -1);
>>
>> +#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(SERIAL_IRQ_BUFFER)
>> +       if (gd->flags & GD_FLG_RELOC) {
>> +               struct ns16550_platdata *plat = dev->platdata;
>> +
>> +               /* Allocate the RX buffer */
>> +               plat->buf = malloc(BUF_COUNT);
>> +
>> +               /* Install the interrupt handler */
>> +               irq_install_handler(plat->irq, ns16550_handle_irq, dev);
> 
> Do we need to remove this in the remove() method?

All interrupts are disabled before booting into the OS, so strictly it
should not be necessary. But yes, I think its a good idea to remove
the irq handler upon driver device. I'll change this in v2.
 
>> +
>> +               /* Enable RX interrupts */
>> +               serial_out(UART_IER_RDI, &com_port->ier);
>> +       }
>> +#endif
>> +
>>          return 0;
>>   }
>>
>> @@ -459,6 +546,15 @@ int ns16550_serial_ofdata_to_platdata(struct udevice *dev)
>>          if (port_type == PORT_JZ4780)
>>                  plat->fcr |= UART_FCR_UME;
>>
>> +#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(SERIAL_IRQ_BUFFER)
>> +       plat->irq = fdtdec_get_int(gd->fdt_blob, dev_of_offset(dev),
>> +                                  "interrupts", 0);
>> +       if (!plat->irq) {
>> +               debug("ns16550 interrupt not provided\n");
>> +               return -EINVAL;
>> +       }
>> +#endif
>> +
>>          return 0;
>>   }
>>   #endif
>> diff --git a/include/ns16550.h b/include/ns16550.h
>> index 5fcbcd2e74..70d1ec8e6a 100644
>> --- a/include/ns16550.h
>> +++ b/include/ns16550.h
>> @@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ struct ns16550_platdata {
>>          int clock;
>>          int reg_offset;
>>          u32 fcr;
>> +
>> +       int irq;
>> +
>> +       char *buf;
>> +       int rd_ptr;
>> +       int wr_ptr;
> 
> Please add comments to document these members.

Sure. Will add in v2.

Thanks,
Stefan


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