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[linux-next,v2,1/4] ARM: at91/dt: add a new DT property to support FIFOs on Atmel USARTs

Message ID 16bdcf0c3f710ca46df86eeea82c9840454cb7aa.1434038494.git.cyrille.pitchen@atmel.com (mailing list archive)
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Cyrille Pitchen June 11, 2015, 4:20 p.m. UTC
This patch adds a new DT property, "atmel,fifo-size", to enable and set
the maximum number of data the RX and TX FIFOs can store on FIFO capable
USARTs.

Please be aware that the VERSION register can not be used to guess the
size of FIFOs. Indeed, for a given hardware version, the USARTs can be
integrated on Atmel SoCs with different FIFO sizes. Also the
"atmel,fifo-size" property is optional as older USARTs don't embed FIFO at
all.

Besides, the FIFO size can not be read or guessed from other registers:
When designing the FIFO feature, no dedicated registers were added to
store this size. Unsed spaces in the I/O register range are limited and
better reserved for future usages. Instead, the FIFO size of each
peripheral is documented in the programmer datasheet.

Finally, on a given SoC, there can be several instances of USART with
different FIFO sizes. This explain why we'd rather use a dedicated DT
property than use the "compatible" property.

Signed-off-by: Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@atmel.com>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/atmel-usart.txt | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

Comments

Alexandre Belloni June 18, 2015, 4:39 p.m. UTC | #1
On 11/06/2015 at 18:20:14 +0200, Cyrille Pitchen wrote :
> This patch adds a new DT property, "atmel,fifo-size", to enable and set
> the maximum number of data the RX and TX FIFOs can store on FIFO capable
> USARTs.
> 
> Please be aware that the VERSION register can not be used to guess the
> size of FIFOs. Indeed, for a given hardware version, the USARTs can be
> integrated on Atmel SoCs with different FIFO sizes. Also the
> "atmel,fifo-size" property is optional as older USARTs don't embed FIFO at
> all.
> 
> Besides, the FIFO size can not be read or guessed from other registers:
> When designing the FIFO feature, no dedicated registers were added to
> store this size. Unsed spaces in the I/O register range are limited and
> better reserved for future usages. Instead, the FIFO size of each
> peripheral is documented in the programmer datasheet.
> 
> Finally, on a given SoC, there can be several instances of USART with
> different FIFO sizes. This explain why we'd rather use a dedicated DT
> property than use the "compatible" property.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@atmel.com>
Acked-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com>
Nicolas Ferre June 29, 2015, 1 p.m. UTC | #2
Le 11/06/2015 18:20, Cyrille Pitchen a écrit :
> This patch adds a new DT property, "atmel,fifo-size", to enable and set
> the maximum number of data the RX and TX FIFOs can store on FIFO capable
> USARTs.
> 
> Please be aware that the VERSION register can not be used to guess the
> size of FIFOs. Indeed, for a given hardware version, the USARTs can be
> integrated on Atmel SoCs with different FIFO sizes. Also the
> "atmel,fifo-size" property is optional as older USARTs don't embed FIFO at
> all.
> 
> Besides, the FIFO size can not be read or guessed from other registers:
> When designing the FIFO feature, no dedicated registers were added to
> store this size. Unsed spaces in the I/O register range are limited and
> better reserved for future usages. Instead, the FIFO size of each
> peripheral is documented in the programmer datasheet.
> 
> Finally, on a given SoC, there can be several instances of USART with
> different FIFO sizes. This explain why we'd rather use a dedicated DT
> property than use the "compatible" property.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@atmel.com>

Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>

> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/atmel-usart.txt | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/atmel-usart.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/atmel-usart.txt
> index 90787aa..e6e6142 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/atmel-usart.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/atmel-usart.txt
> @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Optional properties:
>  		memory peripheral interface and USART DMA channel ID, FIFO configuration.
>  		Refer to dma.txt and atmel-dma.txt for details.
>  	- dma-names: "rx" for RX channel, "tx" for TX channel.
> +- atmel,fifo-size: maximum number of data the RX and TX FIFOs can store for FIFO
> +  capable USARTs.
>  
>  <chip> compatible description:
>  - at91rm9200:  legacy USART support
> @@ -57,4 +59,5 @@ Example:
>  		dmas = <&dma0 2 0x3>,
>  		       <&dma0 2 0x204>;
>  		dma-names = "tx", "rx";
> +		atmel,fifo-size = <32>;
>  	};
>
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/atmel-usart.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/atmel-usart.txt
index 90787aa..e6e6142 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/atmel-usart.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/atmel-usart.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@  Optional properties:
 		memory peripheral interface and USART DMA channel ID, FIFO configuration.
 		Refer to dma.txt and atmel-dma.txt for details.
 	- dma-names: "rx" for RX channel, "tx" for TX channel.
+- atmel,fifo-size: maximum number of data the RX and TX FIFOs can store for FIFO
+  capable USARTs.
 
 <chip> compatible description:
 - at91rm9200:  legacy USART support
@@ -57,4 +59,5 @@  Example:
 		dmas = <&dma0 2 0x3>,
 		       <&dma0 2 0x204>;
 		dma-names = "tx", "rx";
+		atmel,fifo-size = <32>;
 	};