sc16is7xx: Read the LSR register for basic device presence check
authorDaniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>
Thu, 21 May 2020 09:11:52 +0000 (11:11 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 22 May 2020 09:06:15 +0000 (11:06 +0200)
Currently, the driver probes just fine and binds all its resources even
if the physical device is not present.

As the device lacks an identification register, let's at least read the
LSR register to check whether a device at the configured address responds
to the request at all.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200521091152.404404-7-daniel@zonque.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c

index 7d98367d6e8398603385c3378348090c503a5525..8fee0e8b851f5953b2cd708eaa03ffcb5a2c018e 100644 (file)
@@ -1172,6 +1172,7 @@ static int sc16is7xx_probe(struct device *dev,
 {
        struct sched_param sched_param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO / 2 };
        unsigned long freq = 0, *pfreq = dev_get_platdata(dev);
+       unsigned int val;
        u32 uartclk = 0;
        int i, ret;
        struct sc16is7xx_port *s;
@@ -1179,6 +1180,16 @@ static int sc16is7xx_probe(struct device *dev,
        if (IS_ERR(regmap))
                return PTR_ERR(regmap);
 
+       /*
+        * This device does not have an identification register that would
+        * tell us if we are really connected to the correct device.
+        * The best we can do is to check if communication is at all possible.
+        */
+       ret = regmap_read(regmap,
+                         SC16IS7XX_LSR_REG << SC16IS7XX_REG_SHIFT, &val);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+
        /* Alloc port structure */
        s = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(s, p, devtype->nr_uart), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!s) {