[PATCH v2 2/4] USB: serial: mxuport: add MUX50U-based device support

From: Crescent Hsieh

Date: Tue Jun 23 2026 - 04:06:08 EST


Add support for MUX50U-based UPort G2 devices and Platform UARTs.

Encode the firmware family in the USB device id table so that the table
remains the single source for both the number of ports and the firmware
handling policy.

The MUX50U-based devices use two shared firmware images: UPort G2
devices use the UP firmware image (moxa-up-mux50u.fw), while Platform
UARTs use the PF firmware image (moxa-pf-mux50u.fw). Platform UARTs are
board-level UARTs accessed through the USB bus.

For MUX50U-based devices, the factory firmware reports versions in a
different format from the bundled runtime firmware image, so version
comparison cannot reliably determine whether a firmware download is
needed. The system-register remap state is used instead to check whether
the device has already booted the runtime firmware from SRAM.

Signed-off-by: Crescent Hsieh <crescentcy.hsieh@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c | 174 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 162 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c b/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c
index 5a9dd251ceff..067c8d9752e0 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/mxuport.c
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
*
* Supports the following Moxa USB to serial converters:
* 2 ports : UPort 1250, UPort 1250I
+ * UPort 1250 G2, UPort 1250I G2
* 4 ports : UPort 1410, UPort 1450, UPort 1450I
+ * UPort 1410 G2, UPort 1450 G2, UPort 1450I G2
* 8 ports : UPort 1610-8, UPort 1650-8
+ * UPort 1610-8 G2, UPort 1650-8 G2
* 16 ports : UPort 1610-16, UPort 1650-16
*/

@@ -37,6 +40,24 @@
#define MX_UPORT1613_PID 0x1613
#define MX_UPORT1653_PID 0x1653

+#define MX_UPORT1252_PID 0x1252
+#define MX_UPORT1253_PID 0x1253
+#define MX_UPORT1411_PID 0x1411
+#define MX_UPORT1452_PID 0x1452
+#define MX_UPORT1453_PID 0x1453
+#define MX_UPORT1619_PID 0x1619
+#define MX_UPORT1659_PID 0x1659
+#define MX_UPORT165A_PID 0x165a
+#define MX_UPORT165B_PID 0x165b
+
+#define MX_MU250U_PID 0x0250
+#define MX_MU450U_PID 0x0450
+#define MX_MU850U_PID 0x0850
+#define MX_MU850U_6PORT_PID 0x7002
+#define MX_MUX50U_3PORT_PID 0x7003
+#define MX_MU850U_5PORT_PID 0x7004
+#define MX_MU850U_7PORT_PID 0x7005
+
/* Definitions for USB info */
#define HEADER_SIZE 4
#define EVENT_LENGTH 8
@@ -46,6 +67,13 @@
#define MX_FW_VER_BYTE1_OFF 0x20
#define MX_FW_VER_BYTE2_OFF 0x24
#define MX_FW_VER_BYTE3_OFF 0x28
+#define MX_MUX50U_FW_VER_BYTE1_OFF 0x86
+#define MX_MUX50U_FW_VER_BYTE2_OFF 0x88
+#define MX_MUX50U_FW_VER_BYTE3_OFF 0x8a
+
+#define MX_SYS_REG_REMAP_OFF 0x20
+#define MX_PWR_REMAP_MASK 0x03
+#define MX_REMAP_TO_SRAM 0x02

struct mxuport_fw_version {
u8 major;
@@ -60,6 +88,12 @@ static const u16 mxuport_fw_ver_offsets[] = {
MX_FW_VER_BYTE3_OFF,
};

+static const u16 mxuport_mux50u_fw_ver_offsets[] = {
+ MX_MUX50U_FW_VER_BYTE1_OFF,
+ MX_MUX50U_FW_VER_BYTE2_OFF,
+ MX_MUX50U_FW_VER_BYTE3_OFF,
+};
+
/* Definitions for USB vendor request */
#define RQ_VENDOR_NONE 0x00
#define RQ_VENDOR_SET_BAUD 0x01 /* Set baud rate */
@@ -95,6 +129,7 @@ static const u16 mxuport_fw_ver_offsets[] = {

#define RQ_VENDOR_RESET_DEVICE 0x23 /* Try to reset the device */
#define RQ_VENDOR_QUERY_FW_CONFIG 0x24
+#define RQ_VENDOR_GET_SYS_REG 0x34
#define RQ_VENDOR_GET_VERSION 0x81 /* Get firmware version */
#define RQ_VENDOR_GET_PAGE 0x82 /* Read flash page */
#define RQ_VENDOR_GET_ROM_PROC 0x83 /* Get ROM process state */
@@ -169,26 +204,65 @@ struct mxuport_port {
#define MX_PORTS_OFFSET 1
#define MX_PORTS(n) (((n) - MX_PORTS_OFFSET) & MX_PORTS_MASK)

+#define MX_FW_FAMILY_MASK GENMASK(5, 4)
+#define MX_FW_UPORT_G1 (0 << 4)
+#define MX_FW_UPORT_G2 (1 << 4)
+#define MX_FW_PLATFORM_UART (2 << 4)
+#define MX_FW_FAMILY(info) ((info) & MX_FW_FAMILY_MASK)
+#define MX_DEVICE_INFO(ports, family) (MX_PORTS(ports) | (family))
+
/* Table of devices that work with this driver */
static const struct usb_device_id mxuport_idtable[] = {
{ USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1250_PID),
- .driver_info = MX_PORTS(2) },
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(2, MX_FW_UPORT_G1) },
{ USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1251_PID),
- .driver_info = MX_PORTS(2) },
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(2, MX_FW_UPORT_G1) },
{ USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1410_PID),
- .driver_info = MX_PORTS(4) },
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(4, MX_FW_UPORT_G1) },
{ USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1450_PID),
- .driver_info = MX_PORTS(4) },
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(4, MX_FW_UPORT_G1) },
{ USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1451_PID),
- .driver_info = MX_PORTS(4) },
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(4, MX_FW_UPORT_G1) },
{ USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1618_PID),
- .driver_info = MX_PORTS(8) },
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(8, MX_FW_UPORT_G1) },
{ USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1658_PID),
- .driver_info = MX_PORTS(8) },
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(8, MX_FW_UPORT_G1) },
{ USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1613_PID),
- .driver_info = MX_PORTS(16) },
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(16, MX_FW_UPORT_G1) },
{ USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1653_PID),
- .driver_info = MX_PORTS(16) },
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(16, MX_FW_UPORT_G1) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1252_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(2, MX_FW_UPORT_G2) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1253_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(2, MX_FW_UPORT_G2) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1411_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(4, MX_FW_UPORT_G2) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1452_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(4, MX_FW_UPORT_G2) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1453_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(4, MX_FW_UPORT_G2) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1619_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(8, MX_FW_UPORT_G2) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT1659_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(8, MX_FW_UPORT_G2) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT165A_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(8, MX_FW_UPORT_G2) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_UPORT165B_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(8, MX_FW_UPORT_G2) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_MU250U_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(2, MX_FW_PLATFORM_UART) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_MU450U_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(4, MX_FW_PLATFORM_UART) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_MU850U_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(8, MX_FW_PLATFORM_UART) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_MU850U_6PORT_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(6, MX_FW_PLATFORM_UART) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_MUX50U_3PORT_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(3, MX_FW_PLATFORM_UART) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_MU850U_5PORT_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(5, MX_FW_PLATFORM_UART) },
+ { USB_DEVICE(MX_USBSERIAL_VID, MX_MU850U_7PORT_PID),
+ .driver_info = MX_DEVICE_INFO(7, MX_FW_PLATFORM_UART) },
{} /* Terminating entry */
};

@@ -1005,6 +1079,68 @@ static int mxuport_parse_fw_version(const struct firmware *fw,
return 0;
}

+static const u16 *mxuport_fw_version_offsets(unsigned long features)
+{
+ switch (MX_FW_FAMILY(features)) {
+ case MX_FW_UPORT_G2:
+ case MX_FW_PLATFORM_UART:
+ return mxuport_mux50u_fw_ver_offsets;
+ default:
+ return mxuport_fw_ver_offsets;
+ }
+}
+
+static void mxuport_get_fw_name(unsigned long features, u16 productid,
+ char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+ switch (MX_FW_FAMILY(features)) {
+ case MX_FW_UPORT_G2:
+ strscpy(buf, "moxa/moxa-up-mux50u.fw", size);
+ break;
+ case MX_FW_PLATFORM_UART:
+ strscpy(buf, "moxa/moxa-pf-mux50u.fw", size);
+ break;
+ default:
+ snprintf(buf, size, "moxa/moxa-%04x.fw", productid);
+ break;
+ }
+}
+
+static bool mxuport_is_mux50u_device(unsigned long features)
+{
+ switch (MX_FW_FAMILY(features)) {
+ case MX_FW_UPORT_G2:
+ case MX_FW_PLATFORM_UART:
+ return true;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+}
+
+static int mxuport_fw_running_from_sram(struct usb_serial *serial,
+ bool *from_sram)
+{
+ u8 *buf;
+ u32 reg;
+ int err;
+
+ buf = kzalloc(4, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!buf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ err = mxuport_recv_ctrl_urb(serial, RQ_VENDOR_GET_SYS_REG,
+ MX_SYS_REG_REMAP_OFF, 0, buf, 4);
+ if (err != 4)
+ goto out;
+
+ reg = get_unaligned_be32(buf);
+ *from_sram = (((reg >> 24) & MX_PWR_REMAP_MASK) == MX_REMAP_TO_SRAM);
+ err = 0;
+out:
+ kfree(buf);
+ return err;
+}
+
/* Get the version of the firmware currently running. */
static int mxuport_get_fw_version(struct usb_serial *serial,
struct mxuport_fw_version *version)
@@ -1083,9 +1219,12 @@ static int mxuport_download_fw(struct usb_serial *serial,
static int mxuport_probe(struct usb_serial *serial,
const struct usb_device_id *id)
{
+ unsigned long features = id->driver_info;
+ const u16 *fw_version_offsets;
u16 productid = le16_to_cpu(serial->dev->descriptor.idProduct);
const struct firmware *fw_p = NULL;
struct mxuport_fw_version version, local_ver;
+ bool download_fw, from_sram;
char buf[32];
int err;

@@ -1103,7 +1242,8 @@ static int mxuport_probe(struct usb_serial *serial,
dev_dbg(&serial->interface->dev, "Device firmware version v%u.%u.%u\n",
version.major, version.minor, version.build);

- snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, "moxa/moxa-%04x.fw", productid);
+ fw_version_offsets = mxuport_fw_version_offsets(features);
+ mxuport_get_fw_name(features, productid, buf, sizeof(buf));

err = request_firmware(&fw_p, buf, &serial->interface->dev);
if (err) {
@@ -1113,7 +1253,7 @@ static int mxuport_probe(struct usb_serial *serial,
/* Use the firmware already in the device */
err = 0;
} else {
- err = mxuport_parse_fw_version(fw_p, mxuport_fw_ver_offsets,
+ err = mxuport_parse_fw_version(fw_p, fw_version_offsets,
&local_ver);
if (err)
goto out;
@@ -1122,7 +1262,17 @@ static int mxuport_probe(struct usb_serial *serial,
"Available firmware version v%u.%u.%u\n",
local_ver.major, local_ver.minor, local_ver.build);

- if (local_ver.value > version.value) {
+ if (mxuport_is_mux50u_device(features)) {
+ err = mxuport_fw_running_from_sram(serial, &from_sram);
+ if (err)
+ goto out;
+
+ download_fw = !from_sram;
+ } else {
+ download_fw = local_ver.value > version.value;
+ }
+
+ if (download_fw) {
err = mxuport_download_fw(serial, fw_p);
if (err)
goto out;
--
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