[PATCH v7 0/5] ACPI: parse the SPCR table

Mark Salter msalter at redhat.com
Wed Apr 6 07:18:14 PDT 2016


On Wed, 2016-04-06 at 11:52 +0100, Graeme Gregory wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 01:24:12PM +0300, Aleksey Makarov wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 04/05/2016 07:27 PM, Mark Salter wrote:
> > > 
> > > Could you CC me on future postings of this series, please?
> > > 
> > > So v3 fixed a problem where platforms using 8250 didn't work.
> > > Then in v5, that fix was lost so 8250 no longer works.
> > That fix was dropped because now this is implemented differently.  
> > Now the code uses the existing match() member of struct console.
> > It has already been implemented for 8250.  
> > Probably SPCR table specifies incorrect data.
> > It was reported that D02 board has similar issue.
> > 
> The D02 issue referred to is the 8250 implementation they used has 32bit
> only MMIO access which there is no manner to represent in SPCR. It also
> doesn't use the "standard" 16550 clock rate so supplying a baud rate
> makes it change to a random baud rate.

So, the problem with Mustang and m400 was the mmio vs mmio32. Right now,
the kernel only supports mmio32 in the 8250_dw.c driver when probed with
ACPI. Other x86 machines just use legacy 8250 ports which don't need
entries in the DSDT and use legacy io. The 8250_dw driver does support
non-standard clocks specified in the DSDT. That works fine for Mustang
and m400.

So with this quick hack, v7 is working with Mustang/m400:

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/spcr.c b/drivers/acpi/spcr.c
index 68ffc33..dade9de 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/spcr.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/spcr.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ int __init parse_spcr(bool earlycon)
 	acpi_status status;
 	char *uart;
 	char *iotype;
+	int mmio;
 	int baud_rate;
 	int err;
 
@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ int __init parse_spcr(bool earlycon)
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	iotype = table->serial_port.space_id == ACPI_ADR_SPACE_SYSTEM_MEMORY ?
-			"mmio" : "io";
+	mmio = table->serial_port.space_id == ACPI_ADR_SPACE_SYSTEM_MEMORY;
+	iotype = mmio ? "mmio" : "io";
 
 	switch (table->interface_type) {
 	case ACPI_DBG2_ARM_SBSA_32BIT:
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ int __init parse_spcr(bool earlycon)
 	case ACPI_DBG2_16550_COMPATIBLE:
 	case ACPI_DBG2_16550_SUBSET:
 		uart = "uart";
+		if (mmio)
+			iotype = "mmio32";
 		break;
 	default:
 		err = -ENOENT;

> 
> We may need two 8250 subset entries, one just means no clock given, and
> one no clock given + mmio32 only.
> 
> Graeme
> 
> 
> > 
> > Thank you
> > Aleksey Makarov
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --Mark
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 2016-03-31 at 16:40 +0300, Aleksey Makarov wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 'ARM Server Base Boot Requirements' [1] mentions SPCR (Serial Port
> > > > Console Redirection Table) [2] as a mandatory ACPI table that
> > > > specifies the configuration of serial console.
> > > > 
> > > > Move "earlycon" early_param handling to earlycon.c to parse this option once
> > > > 
> > > > *** PATCH  "ACPICA: Headers: Add new constants for the DBG2 ACPI table"
> > > > *** IS JUST TO ENABLE BUILDING THE PATCHSET ON linux-next
> > > > 
> > > > Patch "ACPICA: Headers: Add new constants for the DBG2 ACPI table" is required
> > > > for the next patch.  It is taken from ACPICA series [3], but it has not appeared
> > > > in linux-next yet.
> > > > 
> > > > Parse SPCR table, setup earlycon and add register specified console.
> > > > 
> > > > Enable parsing this table on ARM64.  Earlycon should be set up
> > > > as early as possible.  ACPI boot tables are mapped in
> > > > arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c:acpi_boot_table_init() called from setup_arch()
> > > > and that's where we parse spcr.  So it has to be opted-in per-arch.
> > > > 
> > > > Implement console_match() for pl011.
> > > > 
> > > > Based on the work by Leif Lindholm [4]
> > > > Thanks to Peter Hurley for explaining how this should work.
> > > > 
> > > > Should be applied to next-20160331.
> > > > 
> > > > Tested on QEMU.  SPCR support is included in QEMU's ARM mach-virt
> > > > since 2.4 release.
> > > > 
> > > > v7:
> > > > - add Acked-by: Rob Herring for "of/serial: move earlycon early_param handling
> > > >   to serial"
> > > > - call DT earlycon initialization from the arch ACPI code, not from parse_spcr()
> > > >   (Rafael J. Wysocki)
> > > > - fix a few minor issues (Rafael J. Wysocki)
> > > > 
> > > > v6:
> > > > https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1458823925-19560-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@linaro.org
> > > > - add documentation for parse_spcr() functioin (Yury Norov)
> > > > - don't initialize err variable (Yury Norov)
> > > > - add __initdata for the earlycon_init_is_deferred flag variable
> > > > - rename the function exported in "of/serial: move earlycon early_param handling
> > > >   to serial" to avoid clash with the function from arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c
> > > > - defer initialization of DT earlycon until DT/ACPI decision is made
> > > >   (Rob Herring, Peter Hurley)
> > > > - use snprintf instead of sprintf (Andy Shevchenko)
> > > > - drop patch that adds EARLYCON_DECLARE for pl011 as EARLYCON_DECLARE is
> > > >   equivalent to OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE for 4.6+ (Peter Hurley).  This means that
> > > >   SPCR earlycon will not work on the kernels before 4.6
> > > > 
> > > > v5:
> > > > https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1458643595-14719-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@linaro.org
> > > > - drop patch "serial: pl011: use ACPI SPCR to setup 32-bit access" because
> > > >   it is ugly. Also because Christopher Covington came with a better solution [5]
> > > > - remove error message when the table is not provided by ACPI (Andy Shevchenko)
> > > > - rewrite spcr.c following the suggestions by Peter Hurley
> > > > - add console_match() for pl011 in a separate patch
> > > > - add EARLYCON_DECLARE for pl011 in a separate patch
> > > > - add patch "of/serial: move earlycon early_param handling to serial" from
> > > >   the GDB2 series
> > > > 
> > > > v4:
> > > > https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1456747355-15692-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@linaro.org
> > > > - drop patch "ACPI: change __init to __ref for early_acpi_os_unmap_memory()"
> > > >   ACPI developers work on a new API and asked not to do that.
> > > >   Instead, use acpi_get_table_with_size()/early_acpi_os_unmap_memory() once
> > > >   and cache the result. (Lv Zheng)
> > > > - fix some style issues (Yury Norov)
> > > > 
> > > > v3:
> > > > https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1455559532-8305-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@linaro.org
> > > > 
> > > > Greg Kroah-Hartman did not like v2 so I have rewritten this patchset:
> > > > 
> > > > - drop acpi_match() member of struct console
> > > > - drop implementations of this member for pl011 and 8250
> > > > - drop the patch that renames some vars in printk.c as it is not needed anymore
> > > > - drop patch that introduces system wide acpi_table_parse2().
> > > >   Instead introduce a custom acpi_table_parse_spcr() in spcr.c
> > > > 
> > > > Instead of introducing a new match_acpi() member of struct console,
> > > > this patchset introduces a new function acpi_console_check().
> > > > This function is called when a new uart is registered at serial_core.c
> > > > the same way OF code checks for console.  If the registered uart is the
> > > > console specified by SPCR table, this function calls add_preferred_console()
> > > > 
> > > > The restrictions of this approach are:
> > > > 
> > > > - only serial consoles can be set up
> > > > - only consoles specified by the memory/io address can be set up
> > > >   (SPCR can specify devices by PCI id/PCI address)
> > > > 
> > > > v2:
> > > > https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1455299022-11641-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@linaro.org
> > > > - don't use SPCR if user specified console in command line
> > > > - fix initialization order of newcon->index = 0
> > > > - rename some variables at printk.c (Joe Perches, Peter Hurley)
> > > > - enable ACPI_SPCR_TABLE in a separate patch (Andy Shevchenko)
> > > > - remove the retry loop for console registering (Peter Hurley).
> > > >   Instead, obtain SPCR with acpi_get_table().  That works after
> > > >   call to acpi_early_init() i. e. in any *_initcall()
> > > > - describe design decision behind introducing acpi_match() (Peter Hurley)
> > > > - fix compilation for x86 + ACPI (Graeme Gregory)
> > > > - introduce DBG2 constants in a separate patch (Andy Shevchenko)
> > > > - fix a typo in DBG2 constants (Andy Shevchenko)
> > > > - add ACPI_DBG2_ARM_SBSA_32BIT constant (Christopher Covington)
> > > > - add support for ACPI_DBG2_ARM_SBSA_* consoles (Christopher Covington)
> > > > - add documentation for functions
> > > > - add a patch that uses SPCR to find if SBSA serial driver should use 32-bit
> > > >   accessor functions (Christopher Covington)
> > > > - change __init to __ref for early_acpi_os_unmap_memory() in a separate patch
> > > > - introduce acpi_table_parse2() in a separate patch
> > > > - fix fetching the SPCR table early (Mark Salter)
> > > > - add a patch from Mark Salter that introduces support for matching 8250-based
> > > >   consoles
> > > > 
> > > > v1:
> > > > https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1453722324-22407-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@linaro.org
> > > > 
> > > > [1] http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.den0044a/index.html
> > > > [2] https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn639132(v=vs.85).aspx
> > > > [3] https://lkml.kernel.org/g/cover.1458714002.git.lv.zheng@intel.com
> > > > [4] https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1441716217-23786-1-git-send-email-leif.lindholm@linaro.org
> > > > [5] https://lkml.kernel.org/g/1457415800-8799-1-git-send-email-cov@codeaurora.org
> > > > 
> > > > Aleksey Makarov (4):
> > > >   ACPICA: Headers: Add new constants for the DBG2 ACPI table
> > > >   ACPI: parse SPCR and enable matching console
> > > >   ARM64: ACPI: enable ACPI_SPCR_TABLE
> > > >   serial: pl011: add console matching function
> > > > 
> > > > Leif Lindholm (1):
> > > >   of/serial: move earlycon early_param handling to serial
> > > > 
> > > >  arch/arm64/Kconfig              |   1 +
> > > >  arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c        |  11 +++-
> > > >  drivers/acpi/Kconfig            |   3 ++
> > > >  drivers/acpi/Makefile           |   1 +
> > > >  drivers/acpi/spcr.c             | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  drivers/of/fdt.c                |  11 +---
> > > >  drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c |  56 ++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c   |  19 ++++++-
> > > >  include/acpi/actbl2.h           |   7 ++-
> > > >  include/linux/acpi.h            |   6 +++
> > > >  include/linux/of_fdt.h          |   2 +
> > > >  include/linux/serial_core.h     |   6 +++
> > > >  12 files changed, 220 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > > >  create mode 100644 drivers/acpi/spcr.c
> > > > 
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