amba uarts - arm type uarts fifo size provided by device tree

[Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz]

On 02/18/2015 02:06 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please Cc lakml for patches in this area in future.
>
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 06:53:11PM +0000, Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz wrote:
>> [PATCH 1/2] Documentation: bindings: add optional fifo size property
>> [PATCH 2/2] drivers/tty: pl011: read fifo size from OF if present
>>
>>
>> These patches aim at resolving an issue present on some of the amba pl011
>> uarts.  
> Which systems are affected? Neither of your two patches add the property
> to any dts file.


yes, the system affected is still under revision (I should have mentioned)
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/2/5/144

this is the board I am using to test
https://www.96boards.org/products/hikey/

>
>> Some of these arm type uarts have their fifo sizes not defined in terms of the
>> amba_rev register. 
> What does said register actually contain?

the amba_rev contains '1' for the Hisilicon Hi6220 SoC

>
> Is this a full PL011, or a cut-down SBSA UART?

I believe is full PL011 (ARM type) - that is what is being run in my tests.

>
> Mark.
>
>> Those uarts should be able to declare their fifo sizes using the optional
>> property "fifo-size" in the device tree. This device tree setting shall take
>> precedence over any other values. 
>>
>>
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