[POWERPC] Uartlite: speed up console output
authorGrant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:27:46 +0000 (14:27 +1000)
committerJosh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thu, 1 Nov 2007 12:12:19 +0000 (07:12 -0500)
Change the wait_tx routine to call cpu_relax() instead of udelay() to
reduce console output latency and test for the TXFULL bit instead of
TXEMPTY.  That way the FIFO doesn't need to by 100% flushed before
writing the next character.

Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Acked-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
drivers/serial/uartlite.c

index dfef83f..a85f2d3 100644 (file)
@@ -329,12 +329,14 @@ static struct uart_ops ulite_ops = {
 static void ulite_console_wait_tx(struct uart_port *port)
 {
        int i;
+       u8 val;
 
-       /* wait up to 10ms for the character(s) to be sent */
-       for (i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
-               if (readb(port->membase + ULITE_STATUS) & ULITE_STATUS_TXEMPTY)
+       /* Spin waiting for TX fifo to have space available */
+       for (i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
+               val = readb(port->membase + ULITE_STATUS);
+               if ((val & ULITE_STATUS_TXFULL) == 0)
                        break;
-               udelay(1);
+               cpu_relax();
        }
 }