linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/11] resolve PXA<->8250 serial device address conflict

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 2 Dec 2013 11:02:53 +0200
From:	Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Sergei Ianovich <ynvich@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	"open list:SERIAL DRIVERS" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] resolve PXA<->8250 serial device address conflict

Hi,

On Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 10:26:14AM +0400, Sergei Ianovich wrote:
> PXA serial ports have "standard" UART names (ttyS[0-3]), major
> device number (4) and first minor device number (64) by default.
> 
> If the system has extra 8250 serial port hardware in addition
> to onboard PXA serial ports, default settings produce a device
> allocation conflict.
> 
> The patch provides a configuration option which can move onboard
> ports out of the way of 8250_core by assigning a different (204)
> major number and corresponding device names (ttySA[0-3]).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sergei Ianovich <ynvich@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/tty/serial/pxa.c   | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
>  2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/pxa.c b/drivers/tty/serial/pxa.c

<snip>

> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/pxa.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/pxa.c
> @@ -593,6 +593,20 @@ serial_pxa_type(struct uart_port *port)
>  static struct uart_pxa_port *serial_pxa_ports[4];
>  static struct uart_driver serial_pxa_reg;
>  
> +#ifndef CONFIG_SERIAL_PXA_AS_TTYSA
> +
> +#define PXA_TTY_NAME	"ttyS"
> +#define PXA_TTY_MAJOR	TTY_MAJOR
> +#define PXA_TTY_MINOR	64
> +
> +#else
> +
> +#define PXA_TTY_NAME	"ttySA"
> +#define PXA_TTY_MAJOR	204
> +#define PXA_TTY_MINOR	5
> +
> +#endif
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_PXA_CONSOLE
>  
>  #define BOTH_EMPTY (UART_LSR_TEMT | UART_LSR_THRE)
> @@ -751,7 +765,7 @@ serial_pxa_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
>  }
>  
>  static struct console serial_pxa_console = {
> -	.name		= "ttyS",
> +	.name		= PXA_TTY_NAME,
>  	.write		= serial_pxa_console_write,
>  	.device		= uart_console_device,
>  	.setup		= serial_pxa_console_setup,
> @@ -792,9 +806,9 @@ static 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,
> -	.minor		= 64,
> +	.dev_name	= PXA_TTY_NAME,
> +	.major		= PXA_TTY_MAJOR,
> +	.minor		= PXA_TTY_MINOR,
>  	.nr		= 4,
>  	.cons		= PXA_CONSOLE,
>  };

If drivers/tty/serial/pxa.c was converted to an other probe driver for
the 8250, this would not be an issue.

Br,

-- 
heikki
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/