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Re: [PATCH] term/serial: Continue processing SPCR table even if revision
From: |
Benjamin Herrenschmidt |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] term/serial: Continue processing SPCR table even if revision is < 2 |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Jul 2023 11:55:30 +1000 |
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Evolution 3.44.4-0ubuntu1 |
On Wed, 2023-07-26 at 16:02 -0500, Glenn Washburn wrote:
> According to commit 0231d00082 ("ACPI: SPCR: Make SPCR available to
> x86")
> to the Linux kernel, "On x86, many systems have a valid SPCR table
> but the
> table version is not 2 so the table version check must be a warning."
>
> Signed-off-by: Glenn Washburn <development@efficientek.com>
Reviewd-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Note: We should also start using the new UART clock field when
available (rev 3 or later) and precise baud rate (rev 4)
Cheers,
Ben.
> ---
> grub-core/term/ns8250-spcr.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/grub-core/term/ns8250-spcr.c b/grub-core/term/ns8250-
> spcr.c
> index d101bffb512d..d52b52c26561 100644
> --- a/grub-core/term/ns8250-spcr.c
> +++ b/grub-core/term/ns8250-spcr.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
>
> #if !defined(GRUB_MACHINE_IEEE1275) && !defined(GRUB_MACHINE_QEMU)
>
> +#include <grub/misc.h>
> #include <grub/serial.h>
> #include <grub/ns8250.h>
> #include <grub/types.h>
> @@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ grub_ns8250_spcr_init (void)
> if (spcr == NULL)
> return NULL;
> if (spcr->hdr.revision < 2)
> - return NULL;
> + grub_dprintf ("serial", "SPCR table revision %d < 2, continuing
> anyway\n",
> + (int) spcr->hdr.revision);
> if (spcr->intf_type != GRUB_ACPI_SPCR_INTF_TYPE_16550 &&
> spcr->intf_type != GRUB_ACPI_SPCR_INTF_TYPE_16550X)
> return NULL;