[yocto] [meta-raspberrypi] Issue with 8250/16550 UART1 access in raspberrypi (meta-raspberrypi)

[Andreas Enbacka]

Hello Andrei,

I attempted to compile the driver as a module, and ismod it after using
wiringPi to configure the pins for uart1 (bcm pins 32/33), however the
system still freeze (freeze occurs when attempting to close Minicom, and
when attempting to switch off hardware flow control which of some reason is
enabled by default when connecting to /dev/ttyS0). I am using kernel
3.18.5+, could this have some impact? Or could some addresses for uart1
require modifications in the driver?

Best regards,
Andreas Enbacka

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrei Gherzan [mailto:andrei at gherzan.ro] 
Sent: 5. kesäkuuta 2015 18:11
To: Andreas Enbacka
Cc: yocto at yoctoproject.org
Subject: Re: [yocto] [meta-raspberrypi] Issue with 8250/16550 UART1 access
in raspberrypi (meta-raspberrypi)

Hello Andreas,

I don't have a Compute module to test anything so I'll just say some hints
that might help.

On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 03:01:26PM +0300, Andreas Enbacka wrote:
>    Hello,
>
>
>    After a long break, I have returned to the Yocto project, and generally
>    very pleased. A lot of progress has been done since I last used the
>    project (two years ago), and now in my opinion everything works very
>    smoothly.
>
>
>    I have used yocto to build a custom image for the RaspberryPi Compute
>    Module. Generally everything works ok, however I am experiencing
>    problem with accessing the UART1 port on the raspberryPi. I am using a
>    library called wiringPi to put the appropriate GPIO pins in the correct
>    mode (alt5) for RXD1/TXD1 (pins 32/33). Also I have used menuconfig to
>    enable the 8250/16550 serial port support in the kernel (3.18.5+).
>    After booting the image I examined the dmesg output, and it shows
>    following information related to 8250/16550:
>
>    ..
>
>    [   1.010958] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
>
>    [   1.013920] serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x20215040 (irq = 29,
>    base_baud = 7812500) is a 8250

You will need to configure the pins before starting the driver. And this can
be done either by messing with the DTS or my compiling the driver as module
and insmod it after you configure the pins.

>    Then I put the pins 32/33 into alternative mode alt5, and try to
>    connect to the port /dev/ttyS0 using minicom (baud 115200). Trying to
>    enter something into the Mincom terminal does not give any indications
>    on our connected oscilloscope (connected to the relevant pins), however
>    change of the alt mode earlier was observed correctly. The serial port
>    should not be using any flow control, but when trying to disable the
>    flow control using Minicom (it was on by default) freezes the complete
>    RaspberryPi system (requiring to disconnect and reconnect power).

I'm not sure about the pin configuration of UART1 function but the
documentation seems to be covering this topic:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bcm2835/BCM28
35-ARM-Peripherals.pdf

Hope this helps,

--
Andrei Gherzan