Re: [PATCH] dts: Disable DMA support on the BK4 vf610 device's fsl_lpuart driver

[Lukasz Majewski]

Hi Robin,

> On 09/10/2019 15:30, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> > This change disables the DMA support (RX/TX) on the NXP's fsl_lpuart
> > driver - the PIO mode is used instead. This change is necessary for
> > better robustness of BK4's device use cases with many potentially
> > interrupted short serial transfers.
> > 
> > Without it the driver hangs when some distortion happens on UART
> > lines.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610-bk4.dts | 4 ++++
> >   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610-bk4.dts
> > b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610-bk4.dts index 0f3870d3b099..ad20f3442d40
> > 100644 --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610-bk4.dts
> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610-bk4.dts
> > @@ -259,24 +259,28 @@
> >   &uart0 {
> >   	pinctrl-names = "default";
> >   	pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_uart0>;
> > +	dma-names = "","";  
> 
> This looks like a horrible hack - is there any reason not to just
> strip things at compile-time, i.e. "/delete-property/ dmas;"?

I don't want to strip the dma-names property globally. I just want to
adjust this particular driver mode from DMA to PIO.

For my use cases - as written in the commit message - the PIO mode is
more suitable (and reliable). 

> 
> Robin.
> 
> >   	status = "okay";
> >   };
> >   
> >   &uart1 {
> >   	pinctrl-names = "default";
> >   	pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_uart1>;
> > +	dma-names = "","";
> >   	status = "okay";
> >   };
> >   
> >   &uart2 {
> >   	pinctrl-names = "default";
> >   	pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_uart2>;
> > +	dma-names = "","";
> >   	status = "okay";
> >   };
> >   
> >   &uart3 {
> >   	pinctrl-names = "default";
> >   	pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_uart3>;
> > +	dma-names = "","";
> >   	status = "okay";
> >   };
> >   
> >   




Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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