On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 04:46:39PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 10:09:16PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> > Make the number of UARTs registered configurable.
> > Also add a nr_uarts module option to the 8250 code
> > to override this, up to a maximum of CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS
> >
> > This should appease people who complain about a proliferation
> > of /dev/ttyS & /sysfs nodes whilst at the same time allowing
> > a single kernel image to support the rarer occasions of
> > lots of devices.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <[email protected]>
>
> Any chance of an updated patch please? It doesn't appear to be
> healthy:
>
> patching file drivers/serial/8250.c
> Hunk #1 succeeded at 54 (offset 1 line).
> Hunk #2 succeeded at 2119 (offset 70 lines).
> Hunk #3 succeeded at 2069 (offset 1 line).
> Hunk #4 succeeded at 2160 (offset 70 lines).
> Hunk #5 succeeded at 2194 (offset 3 lines).
> Hunk #6 succeeded at 2297 with fuzz 2 (offset 70 lines).
> Hunk #7 succeeded at 2352 with fuzz 1 (offset 1 line).
> misordered hunks! output would be garbled
> Hunk #8 FAILED at 2421.
> Hunk #9 succeeded at 2381 with fuzz 2 (offset -3 lines).
> Hunk #10 succeeded at 2492 (offset 69 lines).
> Hunk #11 succeeded at 2429 (offset -3 lines).
> Hunk #12 succeeded at 2510 (offset 69 lines).
> Hunk #13 succeeded at 2523 (offset -3 lines).
> Hunk #14 succeeded at 2659 (offset 69 lines).
> 1 out of 14 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file drivers/serial/8250.c.rej
> patching file drivers/serial/Kconfig
> patching file Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
Make the number of UARTs registered configurable.
Also add a nr_uarts module option to the 8250 code
to override this, up to a maximum of CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS
This should appease people who complain about a proliferation
of /dev/ttyS & /sysfs nodes whilst at the same time allowing
a single kernel image to support the rarer occasions of
lots of devices.
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <[email protected]>
diff -urpN --exclude-from=/home/davej/.exclude vanilla/drivers/serial/8250.c serial/drivers/serial/8250.c
--- vanilla/drivers/serial/8250.c 2005-10-27 20:02:08.000000000 -0400
+++ serial/drivers/serial/8250.c 2005-12-07 20:00:16.000000000 -0500
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
*/
static unsigned int share_irqs = SERIAL8250_SHARE_IRQS;
+static unsigned int nr_uarts = CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS;
+
/*
* Debugging.
*/
@@ -2047,7 +2049,7 @@ static void __init serial8250_isa_init_p
return;
first = 0;
- for (i = 0; i < UART_NR; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_uarts; i++) {
struct uart_8250_port *up = &serial8250_ports[i];
up->port.line = i;
@@ -2066,7 +2068,7 @@ static void __init serial8250_isa_init_p
}
for (i = 0, up = serial8250_ports;
- i < ARRAY_SIZE(old_serial_port) && i < UART_NR;
+ i < ARRAY_SIZE(old_serial_port) && i < nr_uarts;
i++, up++) {
up->port.iobase = old_serial_port[i].port;
up->port.irq = irq_canonicalize(old_serial_port[i].irq);
@@ -2088,7 +2090,7 @@ serial8250_register_ports(struct uart_dr
serial8250_isa_init_ports();
- for (i = 0; i < UART_NR; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_uarts; i++) {
struct uart_8250_port *up = &serial8250_ports[i];
up->port.dev = dev;
@@ -2189,7 +2191,7 @@ static int serial8250_console_setup(stru
* if so, search for the first available port that does have
* console support.
*/
- if (co->index >= UART_NR)
+ if (co->index >= nr_uarts)
co->index = 0;
port = &serial8250_ports[co->index].port;
if (!port->iobase && !port->membase)
@@ -2225,7 +2227,7 @@ static int __init find_port(struct uart_
int line;
struct uart_port *port;
- for (line = 0; line < UART_NR; line++) {
+ for (line = 0; line < nr_uarts; line++) {
port = &serial8250_ports[line].port;
if (p->iotype == port->iotype &&
p->iobase == port->iobase &&
@@ -2349,7 +2351,7 @@ static int __devexit serial8250_remove(s
{
int i;
- for (i = 0; i < UART_NR; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_uarts; i++) {
struct uart_8250_port *up = &serial8250_ports[i];
if (up->port.dev == dev)
@@ -2421,7 +2423,7 @@ static struct uart_8250_port *serial8250
/*
* First, find a port entry which matches.
*/
- for (i = 0; i < UART_NR; i++)
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_uarts; i++)
if (uart_match_port(&serial8250_ports[i].port, port))
return &serial8250_ports[i];
@@ -2430,7 +2432,7 @@ static struct uart_8250_port *serial8250
* free entry. We look for one which hasn't been previously
* used (indicated by zero iobase).
*/
- for (i = 0; i < UART_NR; i++)
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_uarts; i++)
if (serial8250_ports[i].port.type == PORT_UNKNOWN &&
serial8250_ports[i].port.iobase == 0)
return &serial8250_ports[i];
@@ -2439,7 +2441,7 @@ static struct uart_8250_port *serial8250
* That also failed. Last resort is to find any entry which
* doesn't have a real port associated with it.
*/
- for (i = 0; i < UART_NR; i++)
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_uarts; i++)
if (serial8250_ports[i].port.type == PORT_UNKNOWN)
return &serial8250_ports[i];
@@ -2524,8 +2526,11 @@ static int __init serial8250_init(void)
{
int ret, i;
+ if (nr_uarts > UART_NR)
+ nr_uarts = UART_NR;
+
printk(KERN_INFO "Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ "
- "%d ports, IRQ sharing %sabled\n", (int) UART_NR,
+ "%d ports, IRQ sharing %sabled\n", nr_uarts,
share_irqs ? "en" : "dis");
for (i = 0; i < NR_IRQS; i++)
@@ -2585,6 +2590,9 @@ module_param(share_irqs, uint, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(share_irqs, "Share IRQs with other non-8250/16x50 devices"
" (unsafe)");
+module_param(nr_uarts, uint, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(nr_uarts, "Maximum number of UARTs supported. (1-" __MODULE_STRING(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS) ")");
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RSA
module_param_array(probe_rsa, ulong, &probe_rsa_count, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(probe_rsa, "Probe I/O ports for RSA");
diff -urpN --exclude-from=/home/davej/.exclude vanilla/drivers/serial/Kconfig serial/drivers/serial/Kconfig
--- vanilla/drivers/serial/Kconfig 2005-10-27 20:02:08.000000000 -0400
+++ serial/drivers/serial/Kconfig 2005-12-07 19:24:11.000000000 -0500
@@ -95,6 +95,16 @@ config SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS
PCI enumeration and any ports that may be added at run-time
via hot-plug, or any ISA multi-port serial cards.
+config SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS
+ int "Number of 8250/16550 serial ports to register at runtime"
+ depends on SERIAL_8250
+ default "4"
+ help
+ Set this to the maximum number of serial ports you want
+ the kernel to register at boot time. This can be overriden
+ with the module parameter "nr_uarts", or boot-time parameter
+ 8250.nr_uarts
+
config SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
bool "Extended 8250/16550 serial driver options"
depends on SERIAL_8250
--- serial/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~ 2005-12-07 20:16:18.000000000 -0500
+++ serial/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2005-12-07 20:17:44.000000000 -0500
@@ -982,6 +982,8 @@ running once the system is up.
nowb [ARM]
+ nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
+
opl3= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>
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