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Date:      Thu, 29 May 2014 19:57:51 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Olivier Houchard <cognet@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r266855 - head/sys/dev/uart
Message-ID:  <201405291957.s4TJvp07085910@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: cognet
Date: Thu May 29 19:57:51 2014
New Revision: 266855
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/266855

Log:
  In the grab function, keep the bit 6 on in the IER, on XScale, using 0
  turns the UART off, which is unfortunate if one want to use it as a console.

Modified:
  head/sys/dev/uart/uart_dev_ns8250.c

Modified: head/sys/dev/uart/uart_dev_ns8250.c
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/dev/uart/uart_dev_ns8250.c	Thu May 29 19:48:18 2014	(r266854)
+++ head/sys/dev/uart/uart_dev_ns8250.c	Thu May 29 19:57:51 2014	(r266855)
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ void
 ns8250_bus_grab(struct uart_softc *sc)
 {
 	struct uart_bas *bas = &sc->sc_bas;
+	struct ns8250_softc *ns8250 = (struct ns8250_softc*)sc;
 
 	/*
 	 * turn off all interrupts to enter polling mode. Leave the
@@ -936,7 +937,11 @@ ns8250_bus_grab(struct uart_softc *sc)
 	 * All pending interupt signals are reset when IER is set to 0.
 	 */
 	uart_lock(sc->sc_hwmtx);
-	uart_setreg(bas, REG_IER, 0);
+	/*
+	 * On XScale, bit 6 (0x40) is the UART Unit Enable, removing it
+	 * turns the UART completely off,  so make sure it is stays there.
+	 */
+	uart_setreg(bas, REG_IER, ns8250->ier & 0x40);
 	uart_barrier(bas);
 	uart_unlock(sc->sc_hwmtx);
 }



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