linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Loongson: Add support for serial console

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Date:   Mon, 18 May 2020 10:36:55 +0800
From:   WANG Xuerui <kernel@...0n.name>
To:     Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhc@...ote.com>,
        Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
Cc:     linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Xuefeng Li <lixuefeng@...ngson.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Loongson: Add support for serial console

On 2020/5/18 09:08, Tiezhu Yang wrote:

> On 05/16/2020 07:09 PM, WANG Xuerui wrote:
>> On 5/16/20 3:03 PM, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
>>
>>> After commit 87fcfa7b7fe6 ("MIPS: Loongson64: Add generic dts"),
>>> there already exists the node and property of Loongson CPU UART0
>>> in loongson3-package.dtsi:
>>>
>>> cpu_uart0: serial@...001e0 {
>>>          compatible = "ns16550a";
>>>          reg = <0 0x1fe001e0 0x8>;
>>>          clock-frequency = <33000000>;
>>>          interrupt-parent = <&liointc>;
>>>          interrupts = <10 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
>>>          no-loopback-test;
>>> };
>>>
>>> In order to support for serial console on the Loongson platform,
>>> add CONFIG_SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM=y to loongson3_defconfig.
>>>
>>> With this patch, we can see the following boot message:
>>>
>>> [    1.877745] printk: console [ttyS0] disabled
>>> [    1.881979] 1fe001e0.serial: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x1fe001e0 (irq = 16, 
>>> base_baud = 2062500) is a 16550A
>>> [    1.890838] printk: console [ttyS0] enabled
>>>
>>> And also, we can login normally from the serial console.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Hi Jiaxun,
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for your suggestion.
>>>
>>>   arch/mips/configs/loongson3_defconfig | 1 +
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/loongson3_defconfig 
>>> b/arch/mips/configs/loongson3_defconfig
>>> index 6768c16..cd95f08 100644
>>> --- a/arch/mips/configs/loongson3_defconfig
>>> +++ b/arch/mips/configs/loongson3_defconfig
>>> @@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED=y
>>>   CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS=y
>>>   CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ=y
>>>   CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RSA=y
>>> +CONFIG_SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM=y
>>>   CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y
>>>   CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER=m
>>>   CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The patch title is again exaggerating things. This is a defconfig 
>> change, so please refer to `git log` output of `arch/mips/configs` 
>> and use something like "MIPS: Loongson: loongson3_defconfig: enable 
>> serial console" or "MIPS: Loongson: enable serial console in 
>> defconfig". The current title reads as if Loongson kernels never were 
>> able to use a serial console in the past.
>
> Hi Xuerui,
>
> Thanks for your suggestion.
>
> We can not use the serial console without this patch,
> so I use the current patch subject.

One can always use their own config to build in whatever support they 
want. Only people blindly following defconfig are affected. That's why I 
think the original patch title is exaggerating.

>
> Anyway, let me modify the patch subject to make it more accurate,
> I think the following is better:
> "MIPS: Loongson: Enable devicetree based probing for 8250 ports"
>
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig:
> config SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM
>         tristate "Devicetree based probing for 8250 ports"
>
> I will send v2 later.
>
No problem. Just make it clear that these are defconfig changes so 
people don't misunderstand, even if they're otherwise unfamiliar with 
the current state of things.
> Thanks,
> Tiezhu Yang
>