Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] arm64: dts: mediatek: alias all enabled serial ports
From: Chen-Yu Tsai
Date: Mon Jul 27 2026 - 05:58:58 EST
On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM Carlo Caione <ccaione@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On most MediaTek boards only serial0 is aliased, so the remaining
> enabled uarts get first-free ttyS line numbers from the 8250 core in
> probe order. When the console uart defers on its clocks another uart can
> win line 0: console=ttyS0 then ends up on the wrong port and the boot
> looks like a hang on the serial console, depending on probe order.
>
> Signed-off-by: Carlo Caione <ccaione@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt6795-sony-xperia-m5.dts | 1 +
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7622-rfb1.dts | 1 +
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3.dts | 2 ++
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7986a-rfb.dts | 2 ++
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8183-kukui.dtsi | 1 +
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8192-asurada-hayato-r1.dts | 4 ++++
These are the only two MediaTek-based Chromebook designs that use
Bluetooth over UART and have a second UART enabled.
Reviewed-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst@xxxxxxxxxxxx> # kukui & asurada-hayato