[PATCH v4 08/14] serial: 8250_mxpcie: speed up TX using memory-mapped FIFO window
From: Crescent Hsieh
Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 02:16:32 EST
The MUEx50 UART provides a memory-mapped TX FIFO data window along with
a TX FIFO level counter.
Fill the TX FIFO in bulk via the MMIO FIFO window based on available
FIFO space, using uart_port_tx_limited() for the common serial-core TX
handling.
Signed-off-by: Crescent Hsieh <crescentcy.hsieh@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mxpcie.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mxpcie.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mxpcie.c
index cfef7eee81a8..53f304a17fef 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mxpcie.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mxpcie.c
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@
#define MOXA_PUART_FCL 0x12 /* Flow Control Low Trigger Level */
#define MOXA_PUART_FCH 0x13 /* Flow Control High Trigger Level */
#define MOXA_PUART_RX_FIFO_CNT 0x15 /* Rx FIFO Data Counter */
+#define MOXA_PUART_TX_FIFO_CNT 0x16 /* Tx FIFO Data Counter */
#define MOXA_PUART_RX_FIFO_MEM 0x100 /* Memory Space to Rx FIFO Data Register */
+#define MOXA_PUART_TX_FIFO_MEM 0x100 /* Memory Space to Tx FIFO Data Register */
#define MOXA_GPIO_DIRECTION 0x09
#define MOXA_GPIO_OUTPUT 0x0A
@@ -306,6 +308,18 @@ static bool mxpcie8250_should_rx(struct uart_8250_port *up, u16 lsr)
return false;
}
+static void mxpcie8250_tx_chars(struct uart_8250_port *up)
+{
+ struct uart_port *port = &up->port;
+ unsigned int offset = 0;
+ unsigned char c;
+
+ uart_port_tx_limited(port, c, port->fifosize - serial_in(up, MOXA_PUART_TX_FIFO_CNT),
+ true,
+ serial_out(up, MOXA_PUART_TX_FIFO_MEM + offset++, c),
+ ({}));
+}
+
static int mxpcie8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *port)
{
struct uart_8250_port *up = up_to_u8250p(port);
@@ -329,7 +343,7 @@ static int mxpcie8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *port)
serial8250_modem_status(up);
if ((lsr & UART_LSR_THRE) && (up->ier & UART_IER_THRI))
- serial8250_tx_chars(up);
+ mxpcie8250_tx_chars(up);
return 1;
}
--
2.45.2