[PATCH v4 2/2] drivers/serial: Add driver for Aspeed virtual UART

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Tue May 2 17:59:08 AEST 2017


On Tue, 2017-05-02 at 17:15 +0930, Joel Stanley wrote:
> From: Jeremy Kerr <jk at ozlabs.org>
> 
> This change adds a driver for the 16550-based Aspeed virtual UART
> device. We use a similar process to the of_serial driver for device
> probe, but expose some VUART-specific functions through sysfs too.
> 
> The VUART is two UART 'front ends' connected by their FIFO (no actual
> serial line in between). One is on the BMC side (management controller)
> and one is on the host CPU side.
> 
> This driver is for the BMC side. The sysfs files allow the BMC
> userspace, which owns the system configuration policy, to specify at
> what IO port and interrupt number the host side will appear to the host
> on the Host <-> BMC LPC bus. It could be different on a different system
> (though most of them use 3f8/4).
> 
> OpenPOWER host firmware doesn't like it when the host-side of the
> VUART's FIFO is not drained. This driver only disables host TX discard
> mode when the port is in use. We set the VUART enabled bit when we bind
> to the device, and clear it on unbind.
> 
> We don't want to do this on open/release, as the host may be using this
> bit to configure serial output modes, which is independent of whether
> the devices has been opened by BMC userspace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk at ozlabs.org>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel at jms.id.au>
> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>

> ---
> v4:
>  - Reorder if statements
>  - Remove uncessary comment
> 
> v3:
>  - remove whitespace in header
>  - reformat comment
>  - don't check for reg-io-width property; we don't need any special
>    accessors for reading/writing bytes
>  - move file to 8250_aspeed_vuart.c
> 
> v2:
>  - Use attribute groups and DEVICE_ATTR_RW
>  - Use platform_get_resource/devm_ioremap_resource
>  - of_find_property -> of_property_read_bool
>  - Drop unncessary 0xff mask
>  - Fix comment style
>  - Use BIT and GENMASK where pssible
>  - Move to 8250 directory
>  - Rename ast -> aspeed to match other Aspeed drivers
>  - Add documentation of sysfs file
>  - Add detail to the commit message
> 
>  Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-aspeed-vuart |  15 +
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/8250.txt  |   2 +
>  drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_vuart.c        | 323 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig                    |  10 +
>  drivers/tty/serial/8250/Makefile                   |   1 +
>  5 files changed, 351 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-aspeed-vuart
>  create mode 100644 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_vuart.c
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-aspeed-vuart b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-aspeed-vuart
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..8062953ce77b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-aspeed-vuart
> @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
> +What:		/sys/bus/platform/drivers/aspeed-vuart/*/lpc_address
> +Date:		April 2017
> +Contact:	Jeremy Kerr <jk at ozlabs.org>
> +Description:	Configures which IO port the host side of the UART
> +		will appear on the host <-> BMC LPC bus.
> +Users:		OpenBMC.  Proposed changes should be mailed to
> +		openbmc at lists.ozlabs.org
> +
> +What:		/sys/bus/platform/drivers/aspeed-vuart*/sirq
> +Date:		April 2017
> +Contact:	Jeremy Kerr <jk at ozlabs.org>
> +Description:	Configures which interrupt number the host side of
> +		the UART will appear on the host <-> BMC LPC bus.
> +Users:		OpenBMC.  Proposed changes should be mailed to
> +		openbmc at lists.ozlabs.org
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/8250.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/8250.txt
> index 10276a46ecef..656733949309 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/8250.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/8250.txt
> @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Required properties:
>  	- "fsl,16550-FIFO64"
>  	- "fsl,ns16550"
>  	- "ti,da830-uart"
> +	- "aspeed,ast2400-vuart"
> +	- "aspeed,ast2500-vuart"
>  	- "serial" if the port type is unknown.
>  - reg : offset and length of the register set for the device.
>  - interrupts : should contain uart interrupt.
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_vuart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_vuart.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..822be4906763
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_aspeed_vuart.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
> +/*
> + *  Serial Port driver for Aspeed VUART device
> + *
> + *    Copyright (C) 2016 Jeremy Kerr <jk at ozlabs.org>, IBM Corp.
> + *    Copyright (C) 2006 Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>, IBM Corp.
> + *
> + *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
> + *  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
> + *  2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> + */
> +#include <linux/device.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/of_address.h>
> +#include <linux/of_irq.h>
> +#include <linux/of_platform.h>
> +#include <linux/clk.h>
> +
> +#include "8250.h"
> +
> +#define ASPEED_VUART_GCRA		0x20
> +#define ASPEED_VUART_GCRA_VUART_EN		BIT(0)
> +#define ASPEED_VUART_GCRA_DISABLE_HOST_TX_DISCARD BIT(5)
> +#define ASPEED_VUART_GCRB		0x24
> +#define ASPEED_VUART_GCRB_HOST_SIRQ_MASK	GENMASK(7, 4)
> +#define ASPEED_VUART_GCRB_HOST_SIRQ_SHIFT	4
> +#define ASPEED_VUART_ADDRL		0x28
> +#define ASPEED_VUART_ADDRH		0x2c
> +
> +struct aspeed_vuart {
> +	struct device		*dev;
> +	void __iomem		*regs;
> +	struct clk		*clk;
> +	int			line;
> +};
> +
> +/*
> + * The VUART is basically two UART 'front ends' connected by their FIFO
> + * (no actual serial line in between). One is on the BMC side (management
> + * controller) and one is on the host CPU side.
> + *
> + * It allows the BMC to provide to the host a "UART" that pipes into
> + * the BMC itself and can then be turned by the BMC into a network console
> + * of some sort for example.
> + *
> + * This driver is for the BMC side. The sysfs files allow the BMC
> + * userspace which owns the system configuration policy, to specify
> + * at what IO port and interrupt number the host side will appear
> + * to the host on the Host <-> BMC LPC bus. It could be different on a
> + * different system (though most of them use 3f8/4).
> + */
> +
> +static ssize_t lpc_address_show(struct device *dev,
> +				struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct aspeed_vuart *vuart = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> +	u16 addr;
> +
> +	addr = (readb(vuart->regs + ASPEED_VUART_ADDRH) << 8) |
> +		(readb(vuart->regs + ASPEED_VUART_ADDRL));
> +
> +	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1, "0x%x\n", addr);
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t lpc_address_store(struct device *dev,
> +				 struct device_attribute *attr,
> +				 const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> +	struct aspeed_vuart *vuart = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> +	unsigned long val;
> +	int err;
> +
> +	err = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &val);
> +	if (err)
> +		return err;
> +
> +	writeb(val >> 8, vuart->regs + ASPEED_VUART_ADDRH);
> +	writeb(val >> 0, vuart->regs + ASPEED_VUART_ADDRL);
> +
> +	return count;
> +}
> +
> +static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(lpc_address);
> +
> +static ssize_t sirq_show(struct device *dev,
> +			 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct aspeed_vuart *vuart = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> +	u8 reg;
> +
> +	reg = readb(vuart->regs + ASPEED_VUART_GCRB);
> +	reg &= ASPEED_VUART_GCRB_HOST_SIRQ_MASK;
> +	reg >>= ASPEED_VUART_GCRB_HOST_SIRQ_SHIFT;
> +
> +	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1, "%u\n", reg);
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t sirq_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> +			  const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> +	struct aspeed_vuart *vuart = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> +	unsigned long val;
> +	int err;
> +	u8 reg;
> +
> +	err = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &val);
> +	if (err)
> +		return err;
> +
> +	val <<= ASPEED_VUART_GCRB_HOST_SIRQ_SHIFT;
> +	val &= ASPEED_VUART_GCRB_HOST_SIRQ_MASK;
> +
> +	reg = readb(vuart->regs + ASPEED_VUART_GCRB);
> +	reg &= ~ASPEED_VUART_GCRB_HOST_SIRQ_MASK;
> +	reg |= val;
> +	writeb(reg, vuart->regs + ASPEED_VUART_GCRB);
> +
> +	return count;
> +}
> +
> +static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(sirq);
> +
> +static struct attribute *aspeed_vuart_attrs[] = {
> +	&dev_attr_sirq.attr,
> +	&dev_attr_lpc_address.attr,
> +	NULL,
> +};
> +
> +static const struct attribute_group aspeed_vuart_attr_group = {
> +	.attrs = aspeed_vuart_attrs,
> +};
> +
> +static void aspeed_vuart_set_enabled(struct aspeed_vuart *vuart, bool enabled)
> +{
> +	u8 reg = readb(vuart->regs + ASPEED_VUART_GCRA);
> +
> +	if (enabled)
> +		reg |= ASPEED_VUART_GCRA_VUART_EN;
> +	else
> +		reg &= ~ASPEED_VUART_GCRA_VUART_EN;
> +
> +	writeb(reg, vuart->regs + ASPEED_VUART_GCRA);
> +}
> +
> +static void aspeed_vuart_set_host_tx_discard(struct aspeed_vuart *vuart,
> +					     bool discard)
> +{
> +	u8 reg;
> +
> +	reg = readb(vuart->regs + ASPEED_VUART_GCRA);
> +
> +	/* If the DISABLE_HOST_TX_DISCARD bit is set, discard is disabled */
> +	if (!discard)
> +		reg |= ASPEED_VUART_GCRA_DISABLE_HOST_TX_DISCARD;
> +	else
> +		reg &= ~ASPEED_VUART_GCRA_DISABLE_HOST_TX_DISCARD;
> +
> +	writeb(reg, vuart->regs + ASPEED_VUART_GCRA);
> +}
> +
> +static int aspeed_vuart_startup(struct uart_port *uart_port)
> +{
> +	struct uart_8250_port *uart_8250_port = up_to_u8250p(uart_port);
> +	struct aspeed_vuart *vuart = uart_8250_port->port.private_data;
> +	int rc;
> +
> +	rc = serial8250_do_startup(uart_port);
> +	if (rc)
> +		return rc;
> +
> +	aspeed_vuart_set_host_tx_discard(vuart, false);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static void aspeed_vuart_shutdown(struct uart_port *uart_port)
> +{
> +	struct uart_8250_port *uart_8250_port = up_to_u8250p(uart_port);
> +	struct aspeed_vuart *vuart = uart_8250_port->port.private_data;
> +
> +	aspeed_vuart_set_host_tx_discard(vuart, true);
> +
> +	serial8250_do_shutdown(uart_port);
> +}
> +
> +static int aspeed_vuart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	struct uart_8250_port port;
> +	struct aspeed_vuart *vuart;
> +	struct device_node *np;
> +	struct resource *res;
> +	u32 clk, prop;
> +	int rc;
> +
> +	np = pdev->dev.of_node;
> +
> +	vuart = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*vuart), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!vuart)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	vuart->dev = &pdev->dev;
> +
> +	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
> +	vuart->regs = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
> +	if (IS_ERR(vuart->regs))
> +		return PTR_ERR(vuart->regs);
> +
> +	memset(&port, 0, sizeof(port));
> +	port.port.private_data = vuart;
> +	port.port.membase = vuart->regs;
> +	port.port.mapbase = res->start;
> +	port.port.mapsize = resource_size(res);
> +	port.port.startup = aspeed_vuart_startup;
> +	port.port.shutdown = aspeed_vuart_shutdown;
> +	port.port.dev = &pdev->dev;
> +
> +	rc = sysfs_create_group(&vuart->dev->kobj, &aspeed_vuart_attr_group);
> +	if (rc < 0)
> +		return rc;
> +
> +	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "clock-frequency", &clk)) {
> +		vuart->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
> +		if (IS_ERR(vuart->clk)) {
> +			dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
> +				"clk or clock-frequency not defined\n");
> +			return PTR_ERR(vuart->clk);
> +		}
> +
> +		rc = clk_prepare_enable(vuart->clk);
> +		if (rc < 0)
> +			return rc;
> +
> +		clk = clk_get_rate(vuart->clk);
> +	}
> +
> +	/* If current-speed was set, then try not to change it. */
> +	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "current-speed", &prop) == 0)
> +		port.port.custom_divisor = clk / (16 * prop);
> +
> +	/* Check for shifted address mapping */
> +	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "reg-offset", &prop) == 0)
> +		port.port.mapbase += prop;
> +
> +	/* Check for registers offset within the devices address range */
> +	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "reg-shift", &prop) == 0)
> +		port.port.regshift = prop;
> +
> +	/* Check for fifo size */
> +	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "fifo-size", &prop) == 0)
> +		port.port.fifosize = prop;
> +
> +	/* Check for a fixed line number */
> +	rc = of_alias_get_id(np, "serial");
> +	if (rc >= 0)
> +		port.port.line = rc;
> +
> +	port.port.irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);
> +	port.port.irqflags = IRQF_SHARED;
> +	port.port.iotype = UPIO_MEM;
> +	port.port.type = PORT_16550A;
> +	port.port.uartclk = clk;
> +	port.port.flags = UPF_SHARE_IRQ | UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF
> +		| UPF_FIXED_PORT | UPF_FIXED_TYPE | UPF_NO_THRE_TEST;
> +
> +	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "no-loopback-test"))
> +		port.port.flags |= UPF_SKIP_TEST;
> +
> +	if (port.port.fifosize)
> +		port.capabilities = UART_CAP_FIFO;
> +
> +	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "auto-flow-control"))
> +		port.capabilities |= UART_CAP_AFE;
> +
> +	rc = serial8250_register_8250_port(&port);
> +	if (rc < 0)
> +		goto err_clk_disable;
> +
> +	vuart->line = rc;
> +
> +	aspeed_vuart_set_enabled(vuart, true);
> +	aspeed_vuart_set_host_tx_discard(vuart, true);
> +	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, vuart);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +err_clk_disable:
> +	clk_disable_unprepare(vuart->clk);
> +	irq_dispose_mapping(port.port.irq);
> +	return rc;
> +}
> +
> +static int aspeed_vuart_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	struct aspeed_vuart *vuart = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> +
> +	aspeed_vuart_set_enabled(vuart, false);
> +	serial8250_unregister_port(vuart->line);
> +	sysfs_remove_group(&vuart->dev->kobj, &aspeed_vuart_attr_group);
> +	clk_disable_unprepare(vuart->clk);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static const struct of_device_id aspeed_vuart_table[] = {
> +	{ .compatible = "aspeed,ast2400-vuart" },
> +	{ .compatible = "aspeed,ast2500-vuart" },
> +	{ },
> +};
> +
> +static struct platform_driver aspeed_vuart_driver = {
> +	.driver = {
> +		.name = "aspeed-vuart",
> +		.of_match_table = aspeed_vuart_table,
> +	},
> +	.probe = aspeed_vuart_probe,
> +	.remove = aspeed_vuart_remove,
> +};
> +
> +module_platform_driver(aspeed_vuart_driver);
> +
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Jeremy Kerr <jk at ozlabs.org>");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Aspeed VUART device");
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
> index 0e3f529d50e9..a1161ec0256f 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
> @@ -224,6 +224,16 @@ config SERIAL_8250_ACCENT
>  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
>  	  will be called 8250_accent.
>  
> +config SERIAL_8250_ASPEED_VUART
> +	tristate "Aspeed Virtual UART"
> +	depends on SERIAL_8250
> +	depends on OF
> +	help
> +	  If you want to use the virtual UART (VUART) device on Aspeed
> +	  BMC platforms, enable this option. This enables the 16550A-
> +	  compatible device on the local LPC bus, giving a UART device
> +	  with no physical RS232 connections.
> +
>  config SERIAL_8250_BOCA
>  	tristate "Support Boca cards"
>  	depends on SERIAL_8250 != n && ISA && SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Makefile b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Makefile
> index 2f30f9ecdb1b..a44a99a3e623 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Makefile
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_EXAR)		+= 8250_exar.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_HP300)		+= 8250_hp300.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CS)		+= serial_cs.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_ACORN)		+= 8250_acorn.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_ASPEED_VUART)	+= 8250_aspeed_vuart.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_BCM2835AUX)	+= 8250_bcm2835aux.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE)	+= 8250_early.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_FOURPORT)	+= 8250_fourport.o


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