[PATCHv2] speakup: Drop now-unused serialio operations

From: Samuel Thibault

Date: Thu Sep 24 2026 - 19:44:57 EST


The only users of serialio (acntpc, decpc, dtlk, keypc) don't actually
define a read_buff_add method, so start_stop_serial_interrupt were not doing
anything. The other functions were not referenced at all any more since
bbe6fb5b96bd ("staging: speakup: migrate bns to tty")

Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Difference with v1:
- Remove rs_table and serstate
- Remove SERIAL_PORT_DFNS
- Remove struct old_serial_port and related macros

drivers/accessibility/speakup/serialio.c | 193 +-----------------
drivers/accessibility/speakup/serialio.h | 17 --
.../accessibility/speakup/speakup_acntpc.c | 1 -
drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_decpc.c | 1 -
drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_dtlk.c | 1 -
drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_keypc.c | 1 -
drivers/accessibility/speakup/spk_priv.h | 6 -
7 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 219 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/serialio.c b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/serialio.c
index 3418ea31d28f..c344296be9f6 100644
--- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/serialio.c
+++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/serialio.c
@@ -8,22 +8,8 @@
#include "serialio.h"

#include <linux/serial_core.h>
-/* WARNING: Do not change this to <linux/serial.h> without testing that
- * SERIAL_PORT_DFNS does get defined to the appropriate value.
- */
-#include <asm/serial.h>
+#include <linux/serial.h>

-#ifndef SERIAL_PORT_DFNS
-#define SERIAL_PORT_DFNS
-#endif
-
-static void start_serial_interrupt(int irq);
-
-static const struct old_serial_port rs_table[] = {
- SERIAL_PORT_DFNS
-};
-
-static const struct old_serial_port *serstate;
static int timeouts;

static int spk_serial_out(struct spk_synth *in_synth, const char ch);
@@ -45,111 +31,6 @@ struct spk_io_ops spk_serial_io_ops = {
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spk_serial_io_ops);

-const struct old_serial_port *spk_serial_init(int index)
-{
- int baud = 9600, quot = 0;
- unsigned int cval = 0;
- int cflag = CREAD | HUPCL | CLOCAL | B9600 | CS8;
- const struct old_serial_port *ser;
- int err;
-
- if (index >= ARRAY_SIZE(rs_table)) {
- pr_info("no port info for ttyS%d\n", index);
- return NULL;
- }
- ser = rs_table + index;
-
- /* Divisor, byte size and parity */
- quot = ser->baud_base / baud;
- cval = cflag & (CSIZE | CSTOPB);
-#if defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__alpha__)
- cval >>= 8;
-#else /* !__powerpc__ && !__alpha__ */
- cval >>= 4;
-#endif /* !__powerpc__ && !__alpha__ */
- if (cflag & PARENB)
- cval |= UART_LCR_PARITY;
- if (!(cflag & PARODD))
- cval |= UART_LCR_EPAR;
- if (synth_request_region(ser->port, 8)) {
- /* try to take it back. */
- pr_info("Ports not available, trying to steal them\n");
- __release_region(&ioport_resource, ser->port, 8);
- err = synth_request_region(ser->port, 8);
- if (err) {
- pr_warn("Unable to allocate port at %x, errno %i",
- ser->port, err);
- return NULL;
- }
- }
-
- /* Disable UART interrupts, set DTR and RTS high
- * and set speed.
- */
- outb(cval | UART_LCR_DLAB, ser->port + UART_LCR); /* set DLAB */
- outb(quot & 0xff, ser->port + UART_DLL); /* LS of divisor */
- outb(quot >> 8, ser->port + UART_DLM); /* MS of divisor */
- outb(cval, ser->port + UART_LCR); /* reset DLAB */
-
- /* Turn off Interrupts */
- outb(0, ser->port + UART_IER);
- outb(UART_MCR_DTR | UART_MCR_RTS, ser->port + UART_MCR);
-
- /* If we read 0xff from the LSR, there is no UART here. */
- if (inb(ser->port + UART_LSR) == 0xff) {
- synth_release_region(ser->port, 8);
- serstate = NULL;
- return NULL;
- }
-
- mdelay(1);
- speakup_info.port_tts = ser->port;
- serstate = ser;
-
- start_serial_interrupt(ser->irq);
-
- return ser;
-}
-
-static irqreturn_t synth_readbuf_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
-{
- unsigned long flags;
- int c;
-
- spin_lock_irqsave(&speakup_info.spinlock, flags);
- while (inb_p(speakup_info.port_tts + UART_LSR) & UART_LSR_DR) {
- c = inb_p(speakup_info.port_tts + UART_RX);
- synth->read_buff_add((u_char)c);
- }
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&speakup_info.spinlock, flags);
- return IRQ_HANDLED;
-}
-
-static void start_serial_interrupt(int irq)
-{
- int rv;
-
- if (!synth->read_buff_add)
- return;
-
- rv = request_irq(irq, synth_readbuf_handler, IRQF_SHARED,
- "serial", (void *)synth_readbuf_handler);
-
- if (rv)
- pr_err("Unable to request Speakup serial I R Q\n");
- /* Set MCR */
- outb(UART_MCR_DTR | UART_MCR_RTS | UART_MCR_OUT2,
- speakup_info.port_tts + UART_MCR);
- /* Turn on Interrupts */
- outb(UART_IER_MSI | UART_IER_RLSI | UART_IER_RDI,
- speakup_info.port_tts + UART_IER);
- inb(speakup_info.port_tts + UART_LSR);
- inb(speakup_info.port_tts + UART_RX);
- inb(speakup_info.port_tts + UART_IIR);
- inb(speakup_info.port_tts + UART_MSR);
- outb(1, speakup_info.port_tts + UART_FCR); /* Turn FIFO On */
-}
-
static void spk_serial_send_xchar(struct spk_synth *synth, char ch)
{
int timeout = SPK_XMITR_TIMEOUT;
@@ -169,50 +50,6 @@ static void spk_serial_tiocmset(struct spk_synth *in_synth, unsigned int set, un
outb((old & ~clear) | set, speakup_info.port_tts + UART_MCR);
}

-int spk_serial_synth_probe(struct spk_synth *synth)
-{
- const struct old_serial_port *ser;
- int failed = 0;
-
- if ((synth->ser >= SPK_LO_TTY) && (synth->ser <= SPK_HI_TTY)) {
- ser = spk_serial_init(synth->ser);
- if (!ser) {
- failed = -1;
- } else {
- outb_p(0, ser->port);
- mdelay(1);
- outb_p('\r', ser->port);
- }
- } else {
- failed = -1;
- pr_warn("ttyS%i is an invalid port\n", synth->ser);
- }
- if (failed) {
- pr_info("%s: not found\n", synth->long_name);
- return -ENODEV;
- }
- pr_info("%s: ttyS%i, Driver Version %s\n",
- synth->long_name, synth->ser, synth->version);
- synth->alive = 1;
- return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spk_serial_synth_probe);
-
-void spk_stop_serial_interrupt(void)
-{
- if (speakup_info.port_tts == 0)
- return;
-
- if (!synth->read_buff_add)
- return;
-
- /* Turn off interrupts */
- outb(0, speakup_info.port_tts + UART_IER);
- /* Free IRQ */
- free_irq(serstate->irq, (void *)synth_readbuf_handler);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spk_stop_serial_interrupt);
-
static int spk_serial_wait_for_xmitr(struct spk_synth *in_synth)
{
int tmout = SPK_XMITR_TIMEOUT;
@@ -288,31 +125,3 @@ static int spk_serial_out(struct spk_synth *in_synth, const char ch)
}
return 0;
}
-
-const char *spk_serial_synth_immediate(struct spk_synth *synth,
- const char *buff)
-{
- u_char ch;
-
- while ((ch = *buff)) {
- if (ch == '\n')
- ch = synth->procspeech;
- if (spk_serial_wait_for_xmitr(synth))
- outb(ch, speakup_info.port_tts);
- else
- return buff;
- buff++;
- }
- return NULL;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spk_serial_synth_immediate);
-
-void spk_serial_release(struct spk_synth *synth)
-{
- spk_stop_serial_interrupt();
- if (speakup_info.port_tts == 0)
- return;
- synth_release_region(speakup_info.port_tts, 8);
- speakup_info.port_tts = 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spk_serial_release);
diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/serialio.h b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/serialio.h
index b4f9a1925b81..189c0dd9ce41 100644
--- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/serialio.h
+++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/serialio.h
@@ -8,31 +8,14 @@

#include "spk_priv.h"

-/*
- * this is cut&paste from 8250.h. Get rid of the structure, the definitions
- * and this whole broken driver.
- */
-struct old_serial_port {
- unsigned int uart; /* unused */
- unsigned int baud_base;
- unsigned int port;
- unsigned int irq;
- upf_t flags; /* unused */
-};
-
/* countdown values for serial timeouts in us */
#define SPK_SERIAL_TIMEOUT SPK_SYNTH_TIMEOUT
/* countdown values transmitter/dsr timeouts in us */
#define SPK_XMITR_TIMEOUT 100000
/* countdown values cts timeouts in us */
#define SPK_CTS_TIMEOUT 100000
-/* check ttyS0 ... ttyS3 */
-#define SPK_LO_TTY 0
-#define SPK_HI_TTY 3
/* # of timeouts permitted before disable */
#define NUM_DISABLE_TIMEOUTS 3
-/* buffer timeout in ms */
-#define SPK_TIMEOUT 100

#define spk_serial_tx_busy() \
(!uart_lsr_tx_empty(inb(speakup_info.port_tts + UART_LSR)))
diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_acntpc.c b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_acntpc.c
index a27e6bbf05da..1cc6147cafac 100644
--- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_acntpc.c
+++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_acntpc.c
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ static int synth_probe(struct spk_synth *synth)

static void accent_release(struct spk_synth *synth)
{
- spk_stop_serial_interrupt();
if (speakup_info.port_tts)
synth_release_region(speakup_info.port_tts - 1,
SYNTH_IO_EXTENT);
diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_decpc.c b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_decpc.c
index 1bf36d1e5477..4837cac8bafa 100644
--- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_decpc.c
+++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_decpc.c
@@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ static int synth_probe(struct spk_synth *synth)

static void dtpc_release(struct spk_synth *synth)
{
- spk_stop_serial_interrupt();
if (speakup_info.port_tts)
synth_release_region(speakup_info.port_tts, SYNTH_IO_EXTENT);
speakup_info.port_tts = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_dtlk.c b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_dtlk.c
index fa826568937b..0a57f7ea894c 100644
--- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_dtlk.c
+++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_dtlk.c
@@ -377,7 +377,6 @@ static int synth_probe(struct spk_synth *synth)

static void dtlk_release(struct spk_synth *synth)
{
- spk_stop_serial_interrupt();
if (speakup_info.port_tts)
synth_release_region(speakup_info.port_tts - 1,
SYNTH_IO_EXTENT);
diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_keypc.c b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_keypc.c
index 9356f6379560..1e2edc5c4b8b 100644
--- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_keypc.c
+++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_keypc.c
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ static int synth_probe(struct spk_synth *synth)

static void keynote_release(struct spk_synth *synth)
{
- spk_stop_serial_interrupt();
if (synth_port)
synth_release_region(synth_port, SYNTH_IO_EXTENT);
synth_port = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/spk_priv.h b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/spk_priv.h
index 9da57ead17cb..704ff9f120d3 100644
--- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/spk_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/spk_priv.h
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
#define SYNTH_DEFAULT_DEV "ttyS0"
#define SYNTH_DEFAULT_SER 0

-const struct old_serial_port *spk_serial_init(int index);
-void spk_stop_serial_interrupt(void);
-void spk_serial_release(struct spk_synth *synth);
void spk_ttyio_release(struct spk_synth *synth);
void spk_ttyio_register_ldisc(void);
void spk_ttyio_unregister_ldisc(void);
@@ -49,10 +46,7 @@ ssize_t spk_var_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
ssize_t spk_var_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count);

-int spk_serial_synth_probe(struct spk_synth *synth);
int spk_ttyio_synth_probe(struct spk_synth *synth);
-const char *spk_serial_synth_immediate(struct spk_synth *synth,
- const char *buff);
const char *spk_ttyio_synth_immediate(struct spk_synth *synth,
const char *buff);
void spk_do_catch_up(struct spk_synth *synth);
--
2.47.3