linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] serial: 8250_pci patches to address issues with pericom_do_set

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Date:   Wed, 17 Nov 2021 20:16:52 -0800
From:   Jay Dolan <jay.dolan@...esio.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] serial: 8250_pci patches to address issues with
 pericom_do_set_divisor()



On 11/17/21 6:55 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> A series patches to address three issues one customer managed to hit
> all at once.
> 
> 1) Fourth port not being setup correctly on some Pericom chips. Fix
> the entries in pci_serial_quirks array.
> 
> 2) Rewrite pericom_do_set_divisor() to always calc divisor and to use
> the uartclk instead of a hard coded value. Always calculate divisor
> without passing control to serial8250_do_set_divisor().
> 
> Jay, can you retest this, please?
I was able to verify that the fourth port was placed at the fixed 
address for the card that previously had it at the wrong offset.
I was also able to verify all of the standard baud rates for 24 and 
14.7456 MHz crystals from 50 to their respective uartclk speed on the 
oscilloscope.
> 
> Changelog v2:
> - dropped no-fixes patch, left only fixes here
> - amended refactoring of the ->set_divisor()
> - fixed Fixes tags
> 
> Jay Dolan (2):
>    serial: 8250_pci: Fix ACCES entries in pci_serial_quirks array
>    serial: 8250_pci: rewrite pericom_do_set_divisor()
> 
>   drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
>   1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>