[PATCH 3/3] serial: 8250_dw: Add Allwinner A733 UART

From: Vinicius Pedrosa

Date: Mon Oct 05 2026 - 13:40:33 EST


The A733 UART is clocked from its bus clock gate, which can't change
rate. dw8250_set_termios() still gates it around a no-op clk_set_rate()
on every termios change. That stalls the character being shifted out
and corrupts it on the wire. Use the existing SKIP_SET_RATE quirk, as
other SoCs with a fixed UART clock do.

Offset 0xc0 is the RS485 control register on this SoC (A733 User
Manual, UART_485_CTL), not DLF. dw8250_setup_port() writes all ones
there, reads back a nonzero 9-bit value and takes it for a 9-bit DLF.
Every later divisor change then writes the fractional divisor into the
RS485 control register. Add a NO_DLF quirk so dwlib skips that probe.

Signed-off-by: Vinicius Pedrosa <vinicius.eduardo.pedrosa@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c | 13 +++++++++++++
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dwlib.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dwlib.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
index ba414306c98a..ea33aa644cda 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
#define DW_UART_QUIRK_CPR_VALUE BIT(5)
#define DW_UART_QUIRK_IER_KICK BIT(6)
#define DW_UART_QUIRK_SKIP_EMPTY_FIFO_READ BIT(7)
+#define DW_UART_QUIRK_NO_DLF BIT(8)

/*
* Number of consecutive IIR_NO_INT interrupts required to trigger interrupt
@@ -606,6 +607,8 @@ static void dw8250_quirks(struct uart_port *p, struct dw8250_data *data)
p->serial_out = dw8250_serial_out38x;
if (quirks & DW_UART_QUIRK_SKIP_SET_RATE)
p->set_termios = dw8250_do_set_termios;
+ if (quirks & DW_UART_QUIRK_NO_DLF)
+ data->data.no_dlf = true;
if (quirks & DW_UART_QUIRK_IS_DMA_FC) {
data->data.dma.txconf.device_fc = 1;
data->data.dma.rxconf.device_fc = 1;
@@ -892,6 +895,15 @@ static const struct dw8250_platform_data dw8250_skip_set_rate_data = {
.quirks = DW_UART_QUIRK_SKIP_SET_RATE,
};

+/*
+ * The baud clock is the bus clock gate, whose rate cannot change, and offset
+ * 0xc0 is the RS485 control register rather than DLF.
+ */
+static const struct dw8250_platform_data dw8250_sun60i_a733_data = {
+ .usr_reg = DW_UART_USR,
+ .quirks = DW_UART_QUIRK_SKIP_SET_RATE | DW_UART_QUIRK_NO_DLF,
+};
+
static const struct dw8250_platform_data dw8250_intc10ee = {
.usr_reg = DW_UART_USR,
.quirks = DW_UART_QUIRK_IER_KICK,
@@ -913,6 +925,7 @@ static const struct dw8250_platform_data dw8250_tda54 = {

static const struct of_device_id dw8250_of_match[] = {
{ .compatible = "snps,dw-apb-uart", .data = &dw8250_dw_apb },
+ { .compatible = "allwinner,sun60i-a733-uart", .data = &dw8250_sun60i_a733_data },
{ .compatible = "cavium,octeon-3860-uart", .data = &dw8250_octeon_3860_data },
{ .compatible = "marvell,armada-38x-uart", .data = &dw8250_armada_38x_data },
{ .compatible = "renesas,rzn1-uart", .data = &dw8250_renesas_rzn1_data },
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dwlib.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dwlib.c
index 9bb02a4ab11f..9c6f3d926ad5 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dwlib.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dwlib.c
@@ -209,16 +209,18 @@ void dw8250_setup_port(struct uart_port *p)
}
up->capabilities |= UART_CAP_NOTEMT;

- /* Preserve value written by firmware or bootloader */
- old_dlf = dw8250_readl_ext(p, DW_UART_DLF);
- dw8250_writel_ext(p, DW_UART_DLF, ~0U);
- reg = dw8250_readl_ext(p, DW_UART_DLF);
- dw8250_writel_ext(p, DW_UART_DLF, old_dlf);
-
- if (reg) {
- pd->dlf_size = fls(reg);
- p->get_divisor = dw8250_get_divisor;
- p->set_divisor = dw8250_set_divisor;
+ if (!pd->no_dlf) {
+ /* Preserve value written by firmware or bootloader */
+ old_dlf = dw8250_readl_ext(p, DW_UART_DLF);
+ dw8250_writel_ext(p, DW_UART_DLF, ~0U);
+ reg = dw8250_readl_ext(p, DW_UART_DLF);
+ dw8250_writel_ext(p, DW_UART_DLF, old_dlf);
+
+ if (reg) {
+ pd->dlf_size = fls(reg);
+ p->get_divisor = dw8250_get_divisor;
+ p->set_divisor = dw8250_set_divisor;
+ }
}

reg = dw8250_readl_ext(p, DW_UART_UCV);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dwlib.h b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dwlib.h
index ee7a07fac0f6..ca0dfd6d056e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dwlib.h
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dwlib.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ struct dw8250_port_data {
/* Hardware configuration */
u32 cpr_value;
u8 dlf_size;
+ bool no_dlf; /* Offset 0xc0 is not DLF */

/* RS485 variables */
bool hw_rs485_support;
--
2.43.0