Hi Paolo,
On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 3:11 PM Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 05/09/2018 15:11, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > As of commit 18e8cf159177100e ("serial: sh-sci: increase RX FIFO trigger
> > defaults for (H)SCIF") in Linux v4.11-rc1, the serial console on the
> > QEMU SH4 target is broken: it delays serial input until enough data has
> > been received.
> >
> > Since aforementioned commit, the Linux SCIF driver programs the Receive
> > FIFO Data Count Trigger bits in the FIFO Control Register, to postpone
> > generating a receive interrupt until:
> > 1. At least the receive trigger count of bytes of data are available
> > in the receive FIFO, OR
> > 2. No further data has been received for at least 15 etu after the
> > last received data.
> >
> > While QEMU implements the former, it does not implement the latter.
> > Hence the receive interrupt is not generated until the former condition
> > is met.
> >
> > Fix this by adding basic timeout handling. As the QEMU SCIF emulation
> > ignores any serial speed programming, the timeout value used conforms to
> > a default speed of 9600 bps, which is fine for any interactive console.
> >
> > Reported-by: Rob Landley <r...@landley.net>
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+rene...@glider.be>
> > Tested-by: Ulrich Hecht <u...@fpond.eu>
> > Tested-by: Rob Landley <r...@landley.net>
> > Tested-by: Rich Felker <dal...@libc.org>
> Queued, thanks.
Does that mean it should show up in qemu.git anytime soon?
Thanks, and have a nice weekend!
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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