struct uart_8250_port *up =
                container_of(port, struct uart_8250_port, port);
 
-       if (!(up->ier & UART_IER_THRI)) {
+       if (up->dma && !serial8250_tx_dma(up)) {
+               return;
+       } else if (!(up->ier & UART_IER_THRI)) {
                up->ier |= UART_IER_THRI;
                serial_port_out(port, UART_IER, up->ier);
 
        unsigned long flags;
        struct uart_8250_port *up =
                container_of(port, struct uart_8250_port, port);
+       int dma_err = 0;
 
        if (iir & UART_IIR_NO_INT)
                return 0;
 
        DEBUG_INTR("status = %x...", status);
 
-       if (status & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI))
-               status = serial8250_rx_chars(up, status);
+       if (status & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI)) {
+               if (up->dma)
+                       dma_err = serial8250_rx_dma(up, iir);
+
+               if (!up->dma || dma_err)
+                       status = serial8250_rx_chars(up, status);
+       }
        serial8250_modem_status(up);
        if (status & UART_LSR_THRE)
                serial8250_tx_chars(up);
        up->lsr_saved_flags = 0;
        up->msr_saved_flags = 0;
 
+       /*
+        * Request DMA channels for both RX and TX.
+        */
+       if (up->dma) {
+               retval = serial8250_request_dma(up);
+               if (retval) {
+                       pr_warn_ratelimited("ttyS%d - failed to request DMA\n",
+                                           serial_index(port));
+                       up->dma = NULL;
+               }
+       }
+
        /*
         * Finally, enable interrupts.  Note: Modem status interrupts
         * are set via set_termios(), which will be occurring imminently
        up->ier = 0;
        serial_port_out(port, UART_IER, 0);
 
+       if (up->dma)
+               serial8250_release_dma(up);
+
        spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
        if (port->flags & UPF_FOURPORT) {
                /* reset interrupts on the AST Fourport board */
                        uart->dl_read = up->dl_read;
                if (up->dl_write)
                        uart->dl_write = up->dl_write;
+               if (up->dma)
+                       uart->dma = up->dma;
 
                if (serial8250_isa_config != NULL)
                        serial8250_isa_config(0, &uart->port,
 
--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * 8250_dma.c - DMA Engine API support for 8250.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+#include <linux/tty.h>
+#include <linux/tty_flip.h>
+#include <linux/serial_reg.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+
+#include "8250.h"
+
+static void __dma_tx_complete(void *param)
+{
+       struct uart_8250_port   *p = param;
+       struct uart_8250_dma    *dma = p->dma;
+       struct circ_buf         *xmit = &p->port.state->xmit;
+
+       dma->tx_running = 0;
+
+       dma_sync_single_for_cpu(dma->txchan->device->dev, dma->tx_addr,
+                               UART_XMIT_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+
+       xmit->tail += dma->tx_size;
+       xmit->tail &= UART_XMIT_SIZE - 1;
+       p->port.icount.tx += dma->tx_size;
+
+       if (uart_circ_chars_pending(xmit) < WAKEUP_CHARS)
+               uart_write_wakeup(&p->port);
+
+       if (!uart_circ_empty(xmit) && !uart_tx_stopped(&p->port)) {
+               serial8250_tx_dma(p);
+               uart_write_wakeup(&p->port);
+       }
+}
+
+static void __dma_rx_complete(void *param)
+{
+       struct uart_8250_port   *p = param;
+       struct uart_8250_dma    *dma = p->dma;
+       struct tty_struct       *tty = p->port.state->port.tty;
+       struct dma_tx_state     state;
+
+       dma_sync_single_for_cpu(dma->rxchan->device->dev, dma->rx_addr,
+                               dma->rx_size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+
+       dmaengine_tx_status(dma->rxchan, dma->rx_cookie, &state);
+       dmaengine_terminate_all(dma->rxchan);
+
+       tty_insert_flip_string(tty, dma->rx_buf, dma->rx_size - state.residue);
+       p->port.icount.rx += dma->rx_size - state.residue;
+
+       tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
+}
+
+int serial8250_tx_dma(struct uart_8250_port *p)
+{
+       struct uart_8250_dma            *dma = p->dma;
+       struct circ_buf                 *xmit = &p->port.state->xmit;
+       struct dma_async_tx_descriptor  *desc;
+
+       if (dma->tx_running) {
+               uart_write_wakeup(&p->port);
+               return -EBUSY;
+       }
+
+       dma->tx_size = CIRC_CNT_TO_END(xmit->head, xmit->tail, UART_XMIT_SIZE);
+
+       desc = dmaengine_prep_slave_single(dma->txchan,
+                                          dma->tx_addr + xmit->tail,
+                                          dma->tx_size, DMA_MEM_TO_DEV,
+                                          DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT | DMA_CTRL_ACK);
+       if (!desc)
+               return -EBUSY;
+
+       dma->tx_running = 1;
+
+       desc->callback = __dma_tx_complete;
+       desc->callback_param = p;
+
+       dma->tx_cookie = dmaengine_submit(desc);
+
+       dma_sync_single_for_device(dma->txchan->device->dev, dma->tx_addr,
+                                  UART_XMIT_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+
+       dma_async_issue_pending(dma->txchan);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(serial8250_tx_dma);
+
+int serial8250_rx_dma(struct uart_8250_port *p, unsigned int iir)
+{
+       struct uart_8250_dma            *dma = p->dma;
+       struct dma_async_tx_descriptor  *desc;
+       struct dma_tx_state             state;
+       int                             dma_status;
+
+       /*
+        * If RCVR FIFO trigger level was not reached, complete the transfer and
+        * let 8250.c copy the remaining data.
+        */
+       if ((iir & 0x3f) == UART_IIR_RX_TIMEOUT) {
+               dma_status = dmaengine_tx_status(dma->rxchan, dma->rx_cookie,
+                                               &state);
+               if (dma_status == DMA_IN_PROGRESS) {
+                       dmaengine_pause(dma->rxchan);
+                       __dma_rx_complete(p);
+               }
+               return -ETIMEDOUT;
+       }
+
+       desc = dmaengine_prep_slave_single(dma->rxchan, dma->rx_addr,
+                                          dma->rx_size, DMA_DEV_TO_MEM,
+                                          DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT | DMA_CTRL_ACK);
+       if (!desc)
+               return -EBUSY;
+
+       desc->callback = __dma_rx_complete;
+       desc->callback_param = p;
+
+       dma->rx_cookie = dmaengine_submit(desc);
+
+       dma_sync_single_for_device(dma->rxchan->device->dev, dma->rx_addr,
+                                  dma->rx_size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+
+       dma_async_issue_pending(dma->rxchan);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(serial8250_rx_dma);
+
+int serial8250_request_dma(struct uart_8250_port *p)
+{
+       struct uart_8250_dma    *dma = p->dma;
+       dma_cap_mask_t          mask;
+
+       dma->rxconf.src_addr = p->port.mapbase + UART_RX;
+       dma->txconf.dst_addr = p->port.mapbase + UART_TX;
+
+       dma_cap_zero(mask);
+       dma_cap_set(DMA_SLAVE, mask);
+
+       /* Get a channel for RX */
+       dma->rxchan = dma_request_channel(mask, dma->fn, dma->rx_param);
+       if (!dma->rxchan)
+               return -ENODEV;
+
+       dmaengine_slave_config(dma->rxchan, &dma->rxconf);
+
+       /* Get a channel for TX */
+       dma->txchan = dma_request_channel(mask, dma->fn, dma->tx_param);
+       if (!dma->txchan) {
+               dma_release_channel(dma->rxchan);
+               return -ENODEV;
+       }
+
+       dmaengine_slave_config(dma->txchan, &dma->txconf);
+
+       /* RX buffer */
+       if (!dma->rx_size)
+               dma->rx_size = PAGE_SIZE;
+
+       dma->rx_buf = dma_alloc_coherent(dma->rxchan->device->dev, dma->rx_size,
+                                       &dma->rx_addr, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!dma->rx_buf) {
+               dma_release_channel(dma->rxchan);
+               dma_release_channel(dma->txchan);
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+
+       /* TX buffer */
+       dma->tx_addr = dma_map_single(dma->txchan->device->dev,
+                                       p->port.state->xmit.buf,
+                                       UART_XMIT_SIZE,
+                                       DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+
+       dev_dbg_ratelimited(p->port.dev, "got both dma channels\n");
+
+       return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(serial8250_request_dma);
+
+void serial8250_release_dma(struct uart_8250_port *p)
+{
+       struct uart_8250_dma *dma = p->dma;
+
+       if (!dma)
+               return;
+
+       /* Release RX resources */
+       dmaengine_terminate_all(dma->rxchan);
+       dma_free_coherent(dma->rxchan->device->dev, dma->rx_size, dma->rx_buf,
+                         dma->rx_addr);
+       dma_release_channel(dma->rxchan);
+       dma->rxchan = NULL;
+
+       /* Release TX resources */
+       dmaengine_terminate_all(dma->txchan);
+       dma_unmap_single(dma->txchan->device->dev, dma->tx_addr,
+                        UART_XMIT_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+       dma_release_channel(dma->txchan);
+       dma->txchan = NULL;
+       dma->tx_running = 0;
+
+       dev_dbg_ratelimited(p->port.dev, "dma channels released\n");
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(serial8250_release_dma);