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Date:   Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:54:22 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: core: Use cons->index for preferred console
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On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 04:36:56PM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
> On 15. 10. 19 11:51, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Hi Michal,
> > 
> > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 11:22 AM Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu> wrote:
> >> On 15. 10. 19 11:19, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 4:29 PM Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com> wrote:
> >>>> The reason for this patch is xilinx_uartps driver which create one dynamic
> >>>> instance per IP with unique major and minor combinations. drv->nr is in
> >>>> this case all the time setup to 1. That means that uport->line is all the
> >>>> time setup to 0 and drv->tty_driver->name_base is doing shift in name to
> >>>> for example ttyPS3.
> >>>>
> >>>> register_console() is looping over console_cmdline array and looking for
> >>>> proper name/index combination which is in our case ttyPS/3.
> >>>> That's why every instance of driver needs to be registered with proper
> >>>> combination of name/number (ttyPS/3). Using uport->line is doing
> >>>> registration with ttyPS/0 which is wrong that's why proper console index
> >>>> should be used which is in cons->index field.
> >>>>
> >>>> Also it is visible that recording console should be done based on
> >>>> information about console not about the port but in most cases numbers are
> >>>> the same and xilinx_uartps is only one exception now.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>
> >>>
> >>> This is now commit 91daae03188e0dd1 ("serial: core: Use cons->index
> >>> for preferred console registration") in tty-next.
> >>>
> >>> This has been bisected to break the serial console on (at least)
> >>> r8a7791/koelsch and r8a7795/h3-salvator-xs.
> >>>
> >>> The line "printk: console [ttySC0] enabled" is no longer printed.
> >>> The system continues booting without any serial console output, and the
> >>> login prompt never appears on the serial console.
> >>>
> >>> Reverting this commit fixes the issue.
> >>
> >> Sorry for trouble with this patch. Can you please point me to dts files
> >> for these boards and also what's the value you have in uport->line and
> > 
> > arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7791-koelsch.dts
> > arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r8a7795-salvator-xs.dts
> > 
> >> uport->cons->index?
> > 
> > On r8a7791/koelsch:
> > 
> >     Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
> >     platform serial8250: uport->line = 0, uport->cons->index = -1
> >     platform serial8250: uport->line = 1, uport->cons->index = -1
> >     platform serial8250: uport->line = 2, uport->cons->index = -1
> >     platform serial8250: uport->line = 3, uport->cons->index = -1
> >     SuperH (H)SCI(F) driver initialized
> >   * sh-sci e6e60000.serial: uport->line = 0, uport->cons->index = -1
> >   * e6e60000.serial: ttySC0 at MMIO 0xe6e60000 (irq = 79, base_baud =
> > 0) is a scif
> >     printk: console [ttySC0] enabled
> >     sh-sci e6e68000.serial: uport->line = 1, uport->cons->index = 0
> >     e6e68000.serial: ttySC1 at MMIO 0xe6e68000 (irq = 80, base_baud =
> > 0) is a scif
> > 
> > On r8a7795/salvator-xs:
> > 
> >     sh-sci e6550000.serial: uport->line = 1, uport->cons->index = -1
> >     e6550000.serial: ttySC1 at MMIO 0xe6550000 (irq = 34, base_baud =
> > 0) is a hscif
> >   * sh-sci e6e88000.serial: uport->line = 0, uport->cons->index = -1
> >   * e6e88000.serial: ttySC0 at MMIO 0xe6e88000 (irq = 120, base_baud =
> > 0) is a scif
> >     printk: console [ttySC0] enabled
> > 
> > Actual serial consoles marked with *.
> > 
> > There are no 8250 serial ports in the system, shmobile_defconfig just includes
> > driver support for it.
> 
> ok. I will take a look at why it is not initialized in this case. Do you
> have any qemu available for these boards?
> 
> Greg: Please revert this patch I will investigate why it is failing.

Which patch exactly?  Can you provide a revert?  That makes it easiest
for me.

thanks,

greg k-h