[PATCH 2/2] ARM: dts: sun8i: enable UART1 for iNet D978 Rev2 board

Icenowy Zheng icenowy at aosc.xyz
Thu Aug 25 08:29:41 PDT 2016



25.08.2016, 23:13, "Hans de Goede" <hdegoede at redhat.com>:
> HI,
>
> On 25-08-16 16:53, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
>>  25.08.2016, 22:18, "Hans de Goede" <hdegoede at redhat.com>:
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>>  On 25-08-16 16:12, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
>>>>   25.08.2016, 16:03, "Maxime Ripard" <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com>:
>>>>>   Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>   On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 02:57:24PM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
>>>>>>    >>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-a33-inet-d978-rev2.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-a33-inet-d978-rev2.dts
>>>>>>    >>>> index 78823d8..3ac22d4 100644
>>>>>>    >>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-a33-inet-d978-rev2.dts
>>>>>>    >>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-a33-inet-d978-rev2.dts
>>>>>>    >>>> @@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
>>>>>>    >>>> model = "INet-D978 Rev 02";
>>>>>>    >>>> compatible = "primux,inet-d978-rev2", "allwinner,sun8i-a33";
>>>>>>    >>>>
>>>>>>    >>>> + aliases {
>>>>>>    >>>> + serial1 = &uart1;
>>>>>>    >>>> + };
>>>>>>    >>>> +
>>>>>>    >>>
>>>>>>    >>> Is there any other UART in the system?
>>>>>>    >>
>>>>>>    >> serial0 is defined in sun8i-reference-design-tablet.dtsi, as r_uart.
>>>>>>    >
>>>>>>    > If your board does not have r_uart pads, then the right thing to do
>>>>>>    > would be to disable it. You can then have uart1 as serial0.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    I don't know it. The RX/TX is wired on PF2/PF4 on the board (UART0 muxed with
>>>>>>    MMC)
>>>>>
>>>>>   Then you don't support it and you need to disable it.
>>>>>
>>>>>>    But many codes will require a ttyS0 as console... So I think the
>>>>>>    bluetooth should be located at ttyS1...
>>>>>
>>>>>   Most of them would use /dev/console anyway. What do you have in mind?
>>>>
>>>>   As a general configuration, /dev/ttyS0 will be indicated as the default console=
>>>>   value... (Otherwise more boards will fail)
>>>>
>>>>   Or maybe we can specify uart0 as serial0, and leave it as disabled? (Thus if the
>>>>   debug port is needed, we can easily apply a overlay with &mmc0 status as disabled,
>>>>   and &uart0 status as okay)
>>>>
>>>>   On all my A33 boards, the official boot0, u-boot all uses uart0 as debugging port.
>>>
>>>  If no uart is available (and being muxed with the mmc counts as not being available)
>>>  then you should not have any serial alias in the dts.
>>>
>>>  In u-boot you need to use:
>>>
>>>  # CONFIG_REQUIRE_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set
>>>
>>>  In the defconfig in this case, otherwise u-boot is going to be unhappy about
>>>  not having a serial console.
>>
>>  It's not the problem.
>>
>>  Can I have no ttyS0 and just make bluetooth ttyS1?
>
> Ah, yes having a serial1 alias should do that I believe and I agree that it
> is probably better to not use ttyS0 for the bluetooth uart.

Yes, I will refer to sun5i-a13-utoo-p66.dts for it.

>
> Regards,
>
> Hans



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