[PATCH v6 11/13] serial: 8250_dw: add Ambarella CV75 quirks
From: Long Zhao via B4 Relay
Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 02:46:47 EST
From: Long Zhao <longzhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The Ambarella CV75 UART is Ambarella IP, not a Synopsys DesignWare
licensed block. At the register level it is close enough to DW APB UART
that a full custom UART driver is unnecessary: reuse 8250_dw with a
small platform quirk.
Quirks:
- keep IER ETOI (bit 5) set for RX timeout behaviour
- skip set_rate; baud clock is managed outside the UART block
Signed-off-by: Long Zhao <longzhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
index 5fba913f3301..b15de40d1e2a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
#define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_8_WORD_BURST (2 << 1)
#define RZN1_UART_xDMACR_BLK_SZ(x) ((x) << 3)
+/* Ambarella IER: receive timeout interrupt enable */
+#define AMBARELLA_UART_IER_ETOI BIT(5)
+
/* Quirks */
#define DW_UART_QUIRK_OCTEON BIT(0)
#define DW_UART_QUIRK_ARMADA_38X BIT(1)
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@
struct dw8250_platform_data {
u8 usr_reg;
+ u8 ier_mask;
u32 cpr_value;
unsigned int quirks;
};
@@ -572,6 +576,27 @@ static void dw8250_prepare_rx_dma(struct uart_8250_port *p)
dw8250_writel_ext(up, RZN1_UART_RDMACR, val);
}
+static int dw8250_ier_mask_startup(struct uart_port *p)
+{
+ struct dw8250_data *d = to_dw8250_data(p->private_data);
+ struct uart_8250_port *up = up_to_u8250p(p);
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = serial8250_do_startup(p);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ /*
+ * Ambarella keeps variant IER bits (e.g. ETOI) set for correct RX
+ * timeout behaviour. Force them into the 8250 IER shadow so later
+ * generic IER updates do not clear them.
+ */
+ up->ier |= d->pdata->ier_mask;
+ serial_port_out(p, UART_IER, up->ier);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static void dw8250_quirks(struct uart_port *p, struct dw8250_data *data)
{
unsigned int quirks = data->pdata->quirks;
@@ -606,6 +631,8 @@ static void dw8250_quirks(struct uart_port *p, struct dw8250_data *data)
p->serial_in = dw8250_serial_in32;
data->uart_16550_compatible = true;
}
+ if (data->pdata->ier_mask)
+ p->startup = dw8250_ier_mask_startup;
}
static void dw8250_reset_control_assert(void *data)
@@ -879,6 +906,12 @@ static const struct dw8250_platform_data dw8250_intc10ee = {
.quirks = DW_UART_QUIRK_IER_KICK,
};
+static const struct dw8250_platform_data dw8250_ambarella_cv75_data = {
+ .usr_reg = DW_UART_USR,
+ .ier_mask = AMBARELLA_UART_IER_ETOI,
+ .quirks = DW_UART_QUIRK_SKIP_SET_RATE,
+};
+
static const struct dw8250_platform_data dw8250_ultrarisc_dp1000_data = {
.usr_reg = DW_UART_USR,
.cpr_value = FIELD_PREP_CONST(DW_UART_CPR_ABP_DATA_WIDTH, 2) |
@@ -889,6 +922,7 @@ static const struct dw8250_platform_data dw8250_ultrarisc_dp1000_data = {
};
static const struct of_device_id dw8250_of_match[] = {
+ { .compatible = "ambarella,cv75-uart", .data = &dw8250_ambarella_cv75_data },
{ .compatible = "snps,dw-apb-uart", .data = &dw8250_dw_apb },
{ .compatible = "cavium,octeon-3860-uart", .data = &dw8250_octeon_3860_data },
{ .compatible = "marvell,armada-38x-uart", .data = &dw8250_armada_38x_data },
--
2.34.1