Re: [Zaurus-devel] 8250 vs pxa_serial (was Re: pxa27x/spitz: serials in recent kernels)

[Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>]

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Hello,

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> > I cculd not get serial port to work in recent kernels (2.6.35 was
>> > oldest I tried). I know they are little used but still very useful for
>> > debugging.
>> >
>> > Is there some special config that needs to be done?
>> >                                                        Pavel
>>
>> I have output on ttyS0 using the Sharp cable, never had issues.
>> Remember that bootloader is 9600n8 while kernels are usually 115200n8.
>
> Ok, I know what is going on. I need both PXA_SERIAL and 8250... and
> these two don't go well together.
>
> I tried:
>
> CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE is not set
> CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CS=y
> CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=1
> CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS=0
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED is not set
>
> #
> # Non-8250 serial port support
> #
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_MAX3100 is not set
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_MAX3107 is not set
> CONFIG_SERIAL_PXA=y
> CONFIG_SERIAL_PXA_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y
> CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE=y
>
> (BTW should 8250_RUNTIME_UARTS be called "boottime uarts"? That's what
> help says).
>
> ...but no luck. As soon as I enable 8250, pxa serials stop working
> :-(.

Please try attached patch (then PXA consoles become ttySA0-3)




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With best wishes
Dmitry

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From a325ef37aae1c155672f1502bc9864c0ee87cbd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 23:33:44 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] pxa: rename serials to reuse ttySA naming

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/pxa.c |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/pxa.c b/drivers/tty/serial/pxa.c
index 1102a39..14fb566 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/pxa.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/pxa.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ serial_pxa_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
 }
 
 static struct console serial_pxa_console = {
-	.name		= "ttyS",
+	.name		= "ttySA",
 	.write		= serial_pxa_console_write,
 	.device		= uart_console_device,
 	.setup		= serial_pxa_console_setup,
@@ -729,8 +729,8 @@ struct uart_ops serial_pxa_pops = {
 static struct uart_driver serial_pxa_reg = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.driver_name	= "PXA serial",
-	.dev_name	= "ttyS",
-	.major		= TTY_MAJOR,
+	.dev_name	= "ttySA",
+	.major		= 204,
 	.minor		= 64,
 	.nr		= 4,
 	.cons		= PXA_CONSOLE,
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1.7.4.1