[PATCH 1/2] ARM: zte: Add support for zx29 low level debug

Stefan Dösinger stefandoesinger at gmail.com
Wed May 13 14:34:56 PDT 2026


This is based on the removed zx29 code. A separate (more complicated)
patch will re-add the register map to the pl011 serial driver.

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw at kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Dösinger <stefandoesinger at gmail.com>

---

Patch changelog:
v8: Adjust UART01x_FR_BUSY to match the different ZX UART registers
(Sashiko). I am unsure about UART01x_FR_TXFF and my boards do not expose
flow control pins to allow me to test if it works.

I am unsure about the virtual address. It doesn't seem to matter, as
long as it is a valid address. This address is based on the old removed
code. Is there a rule-of-thumb physical to virtual mapping I can use to
give a sensible default value?
---
 arch/arm/Kconfig.debug         | 12 ++++++++++++
 arch/arm/include/debug/pl01x.S |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
index 366f162e147d..98d8a5a60048 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1331,6 +1331,16 @@ choice
 		  This option selects UART0 on VIA/Wondermedia System-on-a-chip
 		  devices, including VT8500, WM8505, WM8650 and WM8850.
 
+	config DEBUG_ZTE_ZX
+		bool "Kernel low-level debugging via zx29 UART"
+		select DEBUG_UART_PL01X
+		depends on ARCH_ZTE
+		help
+		  Say Y here if you are enabling ZTE zx297520v3 SOC and need
+		  debug UART support. This UART is a PL011 with different
+		  register addresses. The UART for boot messages on zx29 boards
+		  is usually UART1 and is operating at 921600 8N1.
+
 	config DEBUG_ZYNQ_UART0
 		bool "Kernel low-level debugging on Xilinx Zynq using UART0"
 		depends on ARCH_ZYNQ
@@ -1545,6 +1555,7 @@ config DEBUG_UART_8250
 
 config DEBUG_UART_PHYS
 	hex "Physical base address of debug UART"
+	default 0x01408000 if DEBUG_ZTE_ZX
 	default 0x01c28000 if DEBUG_SUNXI_UART0
 	default 0x01c28400 if DEBUG_SUNXI_UART1
 	default 0x01d0c000 if DEBUG_DAVINCI_DA8XX_UART1
@@ -1701,6 +1712,7 @@ config DEBUG_UART_VIRT
 	default 0xf31004c0 if DEBUG_MESON_UARTAO
 	default 0xf4090000 if DEBUG_LPC32XX
 	default 0xf4200000 if DEBUG_GEMINI
+	default 0xf4708000 if DEBUG_ZTE_ZX
 	default 0xf6200000 if DEBUG_PXA_UART1
 	default 0xf7000000 if DEBUG_SUN9I_UART0
 	default 0xf7000000 if DEBUG_S3C64XX_UART && DEBUG_S3C_UART0
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/debug/pl01x.S b/arch/arm/include/debug/pl01x.S
index c7e02d0628bf..9dcdeed2357d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/debug/pl01x.S
+++ b/arch/arm/include/debug/pl01x.S
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
 */
 #include <linux/amba/serial.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ZTE_ZX
+#undef UART01x_DR
+#undef UART01x_FR
+#undef UART01x_FR_BUSY
+#define UART01x_DR		0x04
+#define UART01x_FR		0x14
+#define UART01x_FR_BUSY		(1<<8)
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_PHYS
 		.macro	addruart, rp, rv, tmp
 		ldr	\rp, =CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_PHYS

-- 
2.53.0




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