Re: [coreboot] w83627 uart port is not workable with coreboot in linux

[cheng yichen]

Hi Zoran

The ttyS0 is superIo uart. Because I add uart asl code in coreboot system
will show "00:05: ttyS0"
If I remove asl code system will show "serial8250:ttty"    Thank you

2016-07-25 12:10 GMT+08:00 Zoran Stojsavljevic <
[e-mail]>:
> > home# dmesg | grep -i tty
> > [    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-generic
>
> root=UUID=b2b7f7fa-b1db-4e97-
> > 941f-8aaee291f3dc ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0,115200n8 quiet splash
>
> vt.handoff=7
> > [    0.000000] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-generic
>
> root=UUID=b2b7f7fa-b1db-
> > 4e97-941f-8aaee291f3dc ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0,115200n8 quiet
>
> splash vt.handoff=7
> > [    0.000000] console [tty1] enabled
> > [    0.000000] console [ttyS0] enabled
> > [    1.637664] 00:05: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4, base_baud = 115200)
>
> is a 16550A
> > [    1.658835] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3, base_baud =
> is a 16550A
> > [    3.412478] fbcon: Remapping primary device, fb1, to tty 1-63
> > [   44.378835] systemd[1]: Created slice system-serial\x2dgetty.slice.
> > [   44.380198] systemd[1]: Created slice system-getty.slice.
>
> Hello Cheng,
>
> Please, try to do the following: lspci -vv (to find your serial on PCIe),
> then try to remap your IRQs, to see if this will somehow work.
>
> Example:
> setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0xd800 UART 16550A irq 5
> setserial /dev/ttyS0 -av
> /dev/ttyS0, Line 0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0xd800, IRQ: 5
>         Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 5000, divisor: 0
>         closing_wait: 37856
>         Flags: spd_normal skip_test
>
> Something like described on this web pointer:
> https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-249041-start-0.html
>
> Please, report your attempts/results here.
>
> Thank you,
> Zoran
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 4:33 AM, cheng yichen 
> wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > After i follow kontron/ktqm77 setting. I can't solve the issue.
> > I try to change iqr(for com1) to 5 or 6. but system can't print linux
> > message and minicom is not workable.
> >
> > dump from superiotool
> > Found Winbond W83627DHG-P/-PT (id=0xb0, rev=0x73) at 0x2e
> > Register dump:
> > idx 02 20 21 22 23 24 25 26  27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e  2f
> > val ff b0 73 ff 00 42 00 00  ff 50 80 00 00 eb 21 00  ff
> > def 00 b0 NA ff 00 MM 00 MM  RR 50 00 00 RR e2 21 00  00
> > LDN 0x00 (Floppy)
> > idx 30 60 61 70 74 f0 f1 f2  f4 f5
> > val 01 03 f0 06 02 8e 00 ff  00 00
> > def 01 03 f0 06 02 8e 00 ff  00 00
> > LDN 0x01 (Parallel port)
> > idx 30 60 61 70 74 f0
> > val 01 03 78 07 04 3f
> > def 01 03 78 07 04 3f
> > LDN 0x02 (COM1)
> > idx 30 60 61 70 f0
> > val 01 03 f8 04 40
> > def 01 03 f8 04 00
> > LDN 0x03 (COM2)
> > idx 30 60 61 70 f0 f1
> > val 01 02 f8 03 40 00
> > def 01 02 f8 03 00 00
> > LDN 0x05 (Keyboard)
> >
> > dump from dmesg
> >
> > home# dmesg | grep -i tty
> > [    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-generic
> > root=UUID=b2b7f7fa-b1db-4e97-941f-8aaee291f3dc ro console=tty1
> > console=ttyS0,115200n8 quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> > [    0.000000] Kernel command line:
> > BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-generic
> > root=UUID=b2b7f7fa-b1db-4e97-941f-8aaee291f3dc ro console=tty1
> > console=ttyS0,115200n8 quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> > [    0.000000] console [tty1] enabled
> > [    0.000000] console [ttyS0] enabled
> > [    1.637664] 00:05: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4, base_baud = 115200) is
> > a 16550A
> > [    1.658835] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3, base_baud =
> > 115200) is a 16550A
> > [    3.412478] fbcon: Remapping primary device, fb1, to tty 1-63
> > [   44.378835] systemd[1]: Created slice system-serial\x2dgetty.slice.
> > [   44.380198] systemd[1]: Created slice system-getty.slice.
> >
> > 2016-07-22 20:24 GMT+08:00 Kyösti Mälkki :
> > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 1:14 PM, cheng yichen 
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi all
> > > >
> > > > My platform is braswell SOC with W83627dhg superIO. In post stage I
> > >
> > > can get
> > > > debug message over w83627 uart1(3f8/irq4). but after boot to linux,
> > >
> > > uart
> > > > port is not woarkable. I test the function by minicom but I can't
> > >
> > > receive
> > > > and send data. I can get uart information by dmesg command.
> > > > How to initial it in corebooot?
> > >
> > > Does not sound like a coreboot issue to me.
> > >
> > > Do you have CTS/RTS hardware handshake disabled in minicom
> > > configuration? If you directed kernel console to serial port, you
> > > should not (cannot) use the port for user apps.
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > > Kyösti