Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] Bluetooth: hci_qca: Deassert RTS while baudrate change command

From: Matthias Kaehlcke
Date: Thu Jan 24 2019 - 19:13:03 EST


Hi Balakrishna,

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 05:38:07PM +0530, Balakrishna Godavarthi wrote:
> This patch will help to stop frame reassembly errors while changing
> the baudrate. This is because host send a change baudrate request
> command to the chip with 115200 bps, Whereas chip will change their
> UART clocks to the enable for new baudrate and sends the response
> for the change request command with newer baudrate, On host side
> we are still operating in 115200 bps which results of reading garbage
> data. Here we are pulling RTS line, so that chip we will wait to send data
> to host until host change its baudrate.
>
> Signed-off-by: Balakrishna Godavarthi <bgodavar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v9:
> * disabled flow control while setting the baudrate of HOST and chip.
> ---
> drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c
> index c08f4d105e73..6b5bcd44e24c 100644
> --- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c
> +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c
> @@ -964,7 +964,6 @@ static int qca_set_baudrate(struct hci_dev *hdev, uint8_t baudrate)
> struct hci_uart *hu = hci_get_drvdata(hdev);
> struct qca_data *qca = hu->priv;
> struct sk_buff *skb;
> - struct qca_serdev *qcadev;
> u8 cmd[] = { 0x01, 0x48, 0xFC, 0x01, 0x00 };
>
> if (baudrate > QCA_BAUDRATE_3200000)
> @@ -978,13 +977,6 @@ static int qca_set_baudrate(struct hci_dev *hdev, uint8_t baudrate)
> return -ENOMEM;
> }
>
> - /* Disabling hardware flow control is mandatory while
> - * sending change baudrate request to wcn3990 SoC.
> - */
> - qcadev = serdev_device_get_drvdata(hu->serdev);
> - if (qcadev->btsoc_type == QCA_WCN3990)
> - hci_uart_set_flow_control(hu, true);
> -
> /* Assign commands to change baudrate and packet type. */
> skb_put_data(skb, cmd, sizeof(cmd));
> hci_skb_pkt_type(skb) = HCI_COMMAND_PKT;
> @@ -1000,9 +992,6 @@ static int qca_set_baudrate(struct hci_dev *hdev, uint8_t baudrate)
> schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(BAUDRATE_SETTLE_TIMEOUT_MS));
> set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
>
> - if (qcadev->btsoc_type == QCA_WCN3990)
> - hci_uart_set_flow_control(hu, false);
> -
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -1089,6 +1078,7 @@ static int qca_check_speeds(struct hci_uart *hu)
> static int qca_set_speed(struct hci_uart *hu, enum qca_speed_type speed_type)
> {
> unsigned int speed, qca_baudrate;
> + struct qca_serdev *qcadev;
> int ret;
>
> if (speed_type == QCA_INIT_SPEED) {
> @@ -1100,6 +1090,15 @@ static int qca_set_speed(struct hci_uart *hu, enum qca_speed_type speed_type)
> if (!speed)
> return 0;
>
> + /* Deassert RTS while changing the baudrate of chip and host.
> + * This will prevent chip from transmitting its response with
> + * the new baudrate while the host port is still operating at
> + * the old speed.
> + */

It is not necessarily evident which action deasserts RTS, I suggest to
rephrase it to something like:

"Disable flow control for wcn3990 to deassert RTS while ... "

> + qcadev = serdev_device_get_drvdata(hu->serdev);
> + if (qcadev->btsoc_type == QCA_WCN3990)
> + hci_uart_set_flow_control(hu, true);
> +
> qca_baudrate = qca_get_baudrate_value(speed);
> bt_dev_dbg(hu->hdev, "Set UART speed to %d", speed);
> ret = qca_set_baudrate(hu->hdev, qca_baudrate);

flow control should be re-enabled in the error path.

Cheers

Matthias