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Date:      Wed, 25 May 2011 09:46:45 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        "N.J. Mann" <njm@njm.me.uk>
Cc:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sunix 4056A PCI 4 port RS-232 card - only 2 ports configured
Message-ID:  <201105250946.45653.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110524215232.GB92553@titania.njm.me.uk>
References:  <20110522110002.GB91694@titania.njm.me.uk> <201105241610.49930.jhb@freebsd.org> <20110524215232.GB92553@titania.njm.me.uk>

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On Tuesday, May 24, 2011 5:52:32 pm N.J. Mann wrote:
> In message <201105241610.49930.jhb@freebsd.org>,
> 	John Baldwin (jhb@freebsd.org) wrote:
> [snip]
> > 
> > Ah, uart_puc_probe() always uses the 'uart_ns8250_class' uart driver which
> > is defined in uart_dev_ns8250.c.  ns8250_bus_probe() is what you want to
> > instrument I think.
> 
> ns8250_bus_probe() is called twice for each of the working devices as
> follows:
> 
> UART2:
> ------
> ns8250_bus_probe:: entry
> ns8250_probe::uart_getreg REG_IIR = 1
> ns8250_probe::uart_getreg REG_MCR = 0
> ns8250_bus_probe:: exit
> ...
> ns8250_bus_probe:: entry
> ns8250_probe::uart_getreg REG_IIR = 193
> ns8250_probe::uart_getreg REG_MCR = 8
> ns8250_bus_probe:: exit
> 
> UART3
> -----
> ns8250_bus_probe:: entry
> ns8250_probe::uart_getreg REG_IIR = 1
> ns8250_probe::uart_getreg REG_MCR = 0
> ns8250_bus_probe:: exit
> ...
> ns8250_bus_probe:: entry
> ns8250_probe::uart_getreg REG_IIR = 193
> ns8250_probe::uart_getreg REG_MCR = 8
> ns8250_bus_probe:: exit
> 
> For the two devices that fail, ns8250_bus_probe() fails on the first
> call:
> 
> UART4
> -----
> ns8250_bus_probe:: entry
> ns8250_probe::uart_getreg REG_IIR = 1
> ns8250_probe::uart_getreg REG_MCR = 64
> ns8250_bus_probe::ns8250_probe returned 6
> 
> UART5
> -----
> ns8250_bus_probe:: entry
> ns8250_probe::uart_getreg REG_IIR = 1
> ns8250_probe::uart_getreg REG_MCR = 64
> ns8250_bus_probe::ns8250_probe returned 6
> 
> The value returned for the read of REG_MCR is 64, or 0x40, which causes
> the premature exit:
> 
> static int
> ns8250_probe(struct uart_bas *bas)
> {
> 	u_char val;
> 
> 	/* Check known 0 bits that don't depend on DLAB. */
> 	val = uart_getreg(bas, REG_IIR);
> 	if (val & 0x30)
> 		return (ENXIO);
> 	val = uart_getreg(bas, REG_MCR);
> 	if (val & 0xe0)
> 		return (ENXIO);
> 
> 	return (0);
> }
> 
> Do you need to know the contents of 'bas'?

This goes beyond my level of knowledge.  I've cc'd Marcel (author of uart) who 
can hopefully help with this more.

-- 
John Baldwin



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