[SeaBIOS] [PATCH v2] serialio: Support for mmap serial ports

Kevin O'Connor kevin at koconnor.net
Thu Dec 29 01:45:38 CET 2016


On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 07:03:58PM +0100, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
> Some chipsets have memory mapped serial ports. The protocol is the same
> as an standard uart, but with memory read/write instead of inb/outb.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda at gmail.com>
> ---
> v2: Fix typos
> 
> Suggested by: Kevin O'Connor <kevin at koconnor.net>:
> 
> -Only operate in 32bit mode if !MODESEGMENT
> 
>  src/Kconfig       |  3 +++
>  src/hw/serialio.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  src/serial.c      |  2 +-
>  3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/Kconfig b/src/Kconfig
> index e767be1351c3..e53713f2c527 100644
> --- a/src/Kconfig
> +++ b/src/Kconfig
> @@ -532,6 +532,9 @@ menu "Debugging"
>          default 0x3f8
>          help
>              Base port for serial - generally 0x3f8, 0x2f8, 0x3e8, or 0x2e8.
> +	    On some chipsets the serial port is memory mapped, in those cases
> +	    provide the 32 bit address. E.g. 0xFEDC6000 for the AMD Kern
> +	    (a.k.a Hudson UART).

Thanks.  I'm a little concerned about overloading the meaning of
CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_PORT to mean either port or memory address.  How
about the modified patch below instead?

-Kevin


>From 9968b2ef2bbfaf7271cd2d27302161e141200738 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 19:03:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] serialio: Support for mmap serial ports

Some chipsets have memory mapped serial ports. The protocol is the same
as an standard uart, but with memory read/write instead of inb/outb.

Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin O'Connor <kevin at koconnor.net>
---
 src/Kconfig       | 13 +++++++++++++
 src/hw/serialio.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Kconfig b/src/Kconfig
index e767be1..457d082 100644
--- a/src/Kconfig
+++ b/src/Kconfig
@@ -532,6 +532,19 @@ menu "Debugging"
         default 0x3f8
         help
             Base port for serial - generally 0x3f8, 0x2f8, 0x3e8, or 0x2e8.
+   config DEBUG_SERIAL_MMIO
+        depends on DEBUG_LEVEL != 0 && !DEBUG_SERIAL
+        bool "Serial port debugging via memory mapped IO"
+        default n
+        help
+            Send debugging information to serial port mapped in memory.
+   config DEBUG_SERIAL_MEM_ADDRESS
+        depends on DEBUG_SERIAL_MMIO
+        hex "Serial port memory mapped IO address"
+        help
+            On some chipsets the serial port is memory mapped, in those cases
+            provide the 32 bit address. E.g. 0xFEDC6000 for the AMD Kern
+            (a.k.a Hudson UART).
 
     config DEBUG_IO
         depends on QEMU_HARDWARE && DEBUG_LEVEL != 0
diff --git a/src/hw/serialio.c b/src/hw/serialio.c
index 6486fc0..319a85c 100644
--- a/src/hw/serialio.c
+++ b/src/hw/serialio.c
@@ -17,20 +17,44 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_TIMEOUT 100000
 
+// Write to a serial port register
+static void
+serial_debug_write(u8 offset, u8 val)
+{
+    if (CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL) {
+        outb(val, CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_PORT + offset);
+    } else if (CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_MMIO) {
+        ASSERT32FLAT();
+        writeb((void*)CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_MEM_ADDRESS + 4*offset, val);
+    }
+}
+
+// Read from a serial port register
+static u8
+serial_debug_read(u8 offset)
+{
+    if (CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL)
+        return inb(CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_PORT + offset);
+    if (CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_MMIO) {
+        ASSERT32FLAT();
+        return readb((void*)CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_MEM_ADDRESS + 4*offset);
+    }
+}
+
 // Setup the debug serial port for output.
 void
 serial_debug_preinit(void)
 {
-    if (!CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL)
+    if (!CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL && (!CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_MMIO || MODESEGMENT))
         return;
     // setup for serial logging: 8N1
     u8 oldparam, newparam = 0x03;
-    oldparam = inb(CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_PORT+SEROFF_LCR);
-    outb(newparam, CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_PORT+SEROFF_LCR);
+    oldparam = serial_debug_read(SEROFF_LCR);
+    serial_debug_write(SEROFF_LCR, newparam);
     // Disable irqs
     u8 oldier, newier = 0;
-    oldier = inb(CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_PORT+SEROFF_IER);
-    outb(newier, CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_PORT+SEROFF_IER);
+    oldier = serial_debug_read(SEROFF_IER);
+    serial_debug_write(SEROFF_IER, newier);
 
     if (oldparam != newparam || oldier != newier)
         dprintf(1, "Changing serial settings was %x/%x now %x/%x\n"
@@ -41,14 +65,14 @@ serial_debug_preinit(void)
 static void
 serial_debug(char c)
 {
-    if (!CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL)
+    if (!CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL && (!CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_MMIO || MODESEGMENT))
         return;
     int timeout = DEBUG_TIMEOUT;
-    while ((inb(CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_PORT+SEROFF_LSR) & 0x20) != 0x20)
+    while ((serial_debug_read(SEROFF_LSR) & 0x20) != 0x20)
         if (!timeout--)
             // Ran out of time.
             return;
-    outb(c, CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_PORT+SEROFF_DATA);
+    serial_debug_write(SEROFF_DATA, c);
 }
 
 void
@@ -63,10 +87,10 @@ serial_debug_putc(char c)
 void
 serial_debug_flush(void)
 {
-    if (!CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL)
+    if (!CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL && (!CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_MMIO || MODESEGMENT))
         return;
     int timeout = DEBUG_TIMEOUT;
-    while ((inb(CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL_PORT+SEROFF_LSR) & 0x60) != 0x60)
+    while ((serial_debug_read(SEROFF_LSR) & 0x60) != 0x60)
         if (!timeout--)
             // Ran out of time.
             return;
-- 
2.5.5




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