Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:01:11 +0800 (SGT) | From | Jeff Chua <> | Subject | Re: How to access serial port that is set in BIOS as OS Controlled |
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> wrote:
> Oops, my mistake. You now need "pnp.debug=1" to turn the extra debug
Now, I do see more messages and "resources" show "active" ...
# dmesg pnp 00:00: parse allocated resources pnp 00:01: parse allocated resources pnp 00:01: PNP0c02: calling 0xc11c8a0c pnp 00:02: parse allocated resources pnp 00:02: PNP0c02: calling 0xc11c8a0c pnp 00:03: parse allocated resources pnp 00:04: parse allocated resources pnp 00:05: parse allocated resources pnp 00:06: parse allocated resources pnp 00:07: parse allocated resources pnp 00:08: parse resource options pnp 00:08: dependent set 0 (acceptable) io min 0x3f8 max 0x3f8 align 1 size 8 flags 0x1 pnp 00:08: dependent set 0 (acceptable) irq 4 flags 0x1 pnp 00:08: parse allocated resources pnp 00:08: set resources pnp 00:09: parse resource options pnp 00:09: dependent set 0 (acceptable) io min 0x2f8 max 0x2f8 align 1 size 8 flags 0x1 pnp 00:09: dependent set 0 (acceptable) irq 3 flags 0x1 pnp 00:09: parse allocated resources pnp 00:09: set resources pnp 00:0a: parse resource options pnp 00:0a: dependent set 0 (acceptable) io min 0x3e8 max 0x3e8 align pnp 00:0a: dependent set 0 (acceptable) irq 6 flags 0x1 pnp 00:0a: pnp_assign_resources, try dependent set 0 pnp 00:0a: pnp_assign_resources succeeded: current resources: pnp 00:0a: [io 0x03e8-0x03ef flags 0x40000101] pnp 00:0a: dependent set 0 (acceptable) irq 6 flags 0x1 pnp 00:0a: pnp_assign_resources, try dependent set 0 pnp 00:0a: pnp_assign_resources succeeded: current resources: pnp 00:0a: [io 0x03e8-0x03ef flags 0x40000101] pnp 00:0a: [irq 6 flags 0x40000401] pnp 00:0a: set resources pnp 00:0b: parse resource options pnp 00:0b: dependent set 0 (acceptable) io min 0x2e8 max 0x2e8 align 1 size 8 flags 0x1 pnp 00:0b: dependent set 0 (acceptable) irq 12 flags 0x1 pnp 00:0b: parse allocated resources pnp 00:0b: set resources serial 00:0a: pnp_assign_resources, try dependent set 0 serial 00:0a: pnp_assign_resources succeeded: current resources: serial 00:0a: [io 0x03e8-0x03ef flags 0x40000101] serial 00:0a: [irq 6 flags 0x40000401] serial 00:0a: pnp_start_dev: current resources: serial 00:0a: [io 0x03e8-0x03ef flags 0x40000101] serial 00:0a: [irq 6 flags 0x40000401] serial 00:0a: set resources serial 00:0a: encode 2 resources serial 00:0a: encode io 0x3e8-0x3ef decode 0x1 serial 00:0a: encode irq 6 edge high exclusive (2-byte descriptor)
# cat /sys/bus/pnp/devices/00:0a/resources state = active io 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 6
# setserial /dev/ttyS2 /dev/ttyS2, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 6
# echo activate > /sys/bus/pnp/devices/00:0a/resources -bash: echo: write error: Device or resource busy
# dmesg serial 00:0a: in use; can't configure serial 00:0a: in use; can't configure
# echo disable > /sys/bus/pnp/devices/00:0a/resources -bash: echo: write error: Device or resource busy
# dmesg serial 00:0a: in use; can't configure serial 00:0a: in use; can't configure
> This *should* work. My guess is that it's failing because the I/O ports > at 0x3e8 are still reserved. The PNP core doesn't actually reserve > anything, so it would have to be the 8250 driver. It doesn't mention > those ports in dmesg, so maybe they get reserved when you do the > "setserial."
It's working better now. But, the port is now always active and can't be disabled.
> The 8250 driver has no idea that you disabled the PNP device, so it > would never release them. Then when you try to activate it again, > they're still in use. You can test this idea a little bit by looking at > /proc/ioports (1) immediately after boot, (2) before "setserial", (3) > after "setserial", and (4) after you disable the PNP device.
It always shows the same info, except I can't disable the port.
# cat /proc/ioports 03e8-03ef : serial
Thanks, Jeff
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