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Message-Id: <13309604692481-git-send-email-frank.benkert@avat.de>
Date:	Mon,  5 Mar 2012 16:14:29 +0100
From:	Frank Benkert <frank.benkert@...t.de>
To:	alan@...ux.intel.com
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Frank Benkert <frank.benkert@...t.de>
Subject: [PATCH] mpc5200b/uart: select more tolerant uart prescaler on low baudrates

In addition to the /32 prescaler, the MPC5200B supports a second baudrate 
prescaler /4 to reach higher baudrates.
The current calculation (introduced with commit 0d1f22e4) in the kernel 
preferes this low prescaler as often as possible, but with some imprecise 
counterparts the communication on low baudrates fails. 
According a support-mail from freescale the low prescaler (/4) allows just 
1% tolerance in bittiming in contrast to 4% of the high prescaler (/32). 
The prescaler not only affects the baudrate-calculation, but also the sampling 
of the bits on the wire.

With this patch, we use the slightly less precise, but higher tolerant 
prescaler calculation on low baudrates up to (and including) 115200 baud and 
the more precise calculation above.

Tested on a custom MPC5200B board with "fsl,mpc5200b-psc-uart".

Signed-off-by: Frank Benkert <frank.benkert@...t.de>

---

Calculation Examples with prescaler (PS) 4 and 32 and divisor (DIV) on various 
baudrates. Real stands for the real baudrate generated and Diff for the 
differences between:
     50 Baud PS 32 DIV 0xa122 Real      50 Diff   0.00%
     75 Baud PS 32 DIV 0x6b6c Real      75 Diff   0.00%
    110 Baud PS 32 DIV 0x493e Real     110 Diff   0.00%
    134 Baud PS 32 DIV 0x3c20 Real     133 Diff   0.75%
    150 Baud PS 32 DIV 0x35b6 Real     150 Diff   0.00%
    200 Baud PS 32 DIV 0x2849 Real     199 Diff   0.50%
    300 Baud PS  4 DIV 0xd6d8 Real     300 Diff   0.00%
             PS 32 DIV 0x1adb Real     300 Diff   0.00%
    600 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x6b6c Real     600 Diff   0.00%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0d6e Real     599 Diff   0.17%
   1200 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x35b6 Real    1200 Diff   0.00%
             PS 32 DIV 0x06b7 Real    1199 Diff   0.08%
   1800 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x23cf Real    1799 Diff   0.06%
             PS 32 DIV 0x047a Real    1799 Diff   0.06%
   2400 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x1adb Real    2400 Diff   0.00%
             PS 32 DIV 0x035b Real    2401 Diff - 0.04%
   4800 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x0d6e Real    4799 Diff   0.02%
             PS 32 DIV 0x01ae Real    4796 Diff   0.08%
   9600 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x06b7 Real    9598 Diff   0.02%
             PS 32 DIV 0x00d7 Real    9593 Diff   0.07%
  19200 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x035b Real   19208 Diff - 0.04%
             PS 32 DIV 0x006b Real   19275 Diff - 0.39%
  38400 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x01ae Real   38372 Diff   0.07%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0036 Real   38194 Diff   0.54%
  57600 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x011e Real   57692 Diff - 0.16%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0024 Real   57291 Diff   0.54%
  76800 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x00d7 Real   76744 Diff   0.07%
             PS 32 DIV 0x001b Real   76388 Diff   0.54%
 115200 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x008f Real  115384 Diff - 0.16%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0012 Real  114583 Diff   0.54%
 153600 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x006b Real  154205 Diff - 0.39%
             PS 32 DIV 0x000d Real  158653 Diff - 3.29%
 230400 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x0048 Real  229166 Diff   0.54%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0009 Real  229166 Diff   0.54%
 307200 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x0036 Real  305555 Diff   0.54%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0007 Real  294642 Diff   4.09%
 460800 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x0024 Real  458333 Diff   0.54%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0005 Real  412500 Diff  10.48%
 500000 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x0021 Real  500000 Diff   0.00%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0004 Real  515625 Diff - 3.13%
 576000 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x001d Real  568965 Diff   1.22%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0004 Real  515625 Diff  10.48%
 614400 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x001b Real  611111 Diff   0.54%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0003 Real  687500 Diff -11.90%
 921600 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x0012 Real  916666 Diff   0.54%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0002 Real 1031250 Diff -11.90%
1000000 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x0011 Real  970588 Diff   2.94%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0002 Real 1031250 Diff - 3.13%
1152000 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x000e Real 1178571 Diff - 2.31%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0002 Real 1031250 Diff  10.48%
1500000 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x000b Real 1500000 Diff   0.00%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0001 Real 2062500 Diff -37.50%
2000000 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x0008 Real 2062500 Diff - 3.13%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0001 Real 2062500 Diff - 3.13%
2500000 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x0007 Real 2357142 Diff   5.71%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0001 Real 2062500 Diff  17.50%
3000000 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x0006 Real 2750000 Diff   8.33%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0001 Real 2062500 Diff  31.25%
3500000 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x0005 Real 3300000 Diff   5.71%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0001 Real 2062500 Diff  41.07%
4000000 Baud PS  4 DIV 0x0004 Real 4125000 Diff - 3.13%
             PS 32 DIV 0x0001 Real 2062500 Diff  48.44%

 drivers/tty/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
index 1093a88..5e2c6fe 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
@@ -262,8 +262,9 @@ static unsigned int mpc5200b_psc_set_baudrate(struct uart_port *port,
 				  port->uartclk / 4);
 	divisor = (port->uartclk + 2 * baud) / (4 * baud);
 
-	/* select the proper prescaler and set the divisor */
-	if (divisor > 0xffff) {
+	/* select the proper prescaler and set the divisor
+	 * prefer high prescaler for more tolerance on low baudrates */
+	if (divisor > 0xffff || baud <= 115200) {
 		divisor = (divisor + 4) / 8;
 		prescaler = 0xdd00; /* /32 */
 	} else
-- 
1.5.2.1


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