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-rw-r--r--arch/arm/mach-omap2/serial.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/serial.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/serial.c
index 8c964bec815..e10a02df6e1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/serial.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/serial.c
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@
#define UART_OMAP_NO_EMPTY_FIFO_READ_IP_REV 0x52
#define UART_OMAP_WER 0x17 /* Wake-up enable register */
-#define DEFAULT_TIMEOUT (5 * HZ)
+/*
+ * NOTE: By default the serial timeout is disabled as it causes lost characters
+ * over the serial ports. This means that the UART clocks will stay on until
+ * disabled via sysfs. This also causes that any deeper omap sleep states are
+ * blocked.
+ */
+#define DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 0
struct omap_uart_state {
int num;
@@ -422,7 +428,8 @@ static void omap_uart_idle_init(struct omap_uart_state *uart)
uart->timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
setup_timer(&uart->timer, omap_uart_idle_timer,
(unsigned long) uart);
- mod_timer(&uart->timer, jiffies + uart->timeout);
+ if (uart->timeout)
+ mod_timer(&uart->timer, jiffies + uart->timeout);
omap_uart_smart_idle_enable(uart, 0);
if (cpu_is_omap34xx()) {