linux-kernel - R: [PATCH v1] serial: 8250_fintek: Print Fintek chip name

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Date:   Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:35:31 +0000
From:   Flavio Suligoi <f.suligoi@...m.it>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        "Gustavo A . R . Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Ji-Ze Hong <hpeter@...il.com>,
        "linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: R: [PATCH v1] serial: 8250_fintek: Print Fintek chip name

Hi Greg,

> >
> >  	switch (chip) {
> >  	case CHIP_ID_F81865:
> > +		chip_name = "F81865";
> > +		break;
> >  	case CHIP_ID_F81866:
> > +		chip_name = "F81866";
> > +		break;
> >  	case CHIP_ID_F81966:
> > +		chip_name = "F81966";
> > +		break;
> >  	case CHIP_ID_F81216AD:
> > +		chip_name = "F81216AD";
> > +		break;
> >  	case CHIP_ID_F81216H:
> > +		chip_name = "F81216H";
> > +		break;
> >  	case CHIP_ID_F81216:
> > +		chip_name = "F81216";
> >  		break;
> >  	default:
> >  		return -ENODEV;
> >  	}
> >
> >  	pdata->pid = chip;
> > +
> > +	pr_info("%s%s%s Fintek %s\n",
> > +		uart->port.dev ? dev_name(uart->port.dev) : "",
> > +		uart->port.dev ? ": " : "",
> > +		uart->port.name,
> > +		chip_name);
> 
> Drivers, if all goes well, should not print anything to the kernel log.
> This isn't ok.
> 
> And even if it was, dev_info() would be the correct thing to do...

Ok, too many information in the driver.

But what do you think about the possibility to introduce
a new additional field, in "serial8250_config" structure,
such as "extra_name" or something like this:

struct serial8250_config {
	const char		*name;
	const char		*extra_name;
	unsigned short	fifo_size;
	unsigned short	tx_loadsz;
	unsigned char	fcr;
	unsigned char	rxtrig_bytes[UART_FCR_R_TRIG_MAX_STATE];
	unsigned int	flags;
};

In this way, if required, each driver can fill this
additional field, for example adding the name of
the particular uart chip or other useful info.

As result, for example, the "uart_report_port" function output
could be something like this:

00:01: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4, base_baud = 115200) is a 16550A - Fintek F81216AD
00:02: ttyS3 at I/O 0x2e8 (irq = 11, base_baud = 115200) is a 16550A - Fintek F81216AD

where the "extra_name", if not empty, is printed
at the end of the line.
For practical space reasons, the "extra_name" length
can be limited to 16 chars.

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Thanks and best regards,

Flavio