soft_uart: fix handling of num_data_bits < 8

Change-Id: Ife13b1f2d9063ba7253d01523ca9ecb15e9eaf07
Related: OS#4396
diff --git a/src/core/soft_uart.c b/src/core/soft_uart.c
index 058512d..bc563ca 100644
--- a/src/core/soft_uart.c
+++ b/src/core/soft_uart.c
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@
 				suart->rx.flow_state = SUART_FLOW_ST_PARITY;
 			else
 				suart->rx.flow_state = SUART_FLOW_ST_STOP;
+			/* align the register if needed */
+			if (suart->cfg.num_data_bits < 8)
+				suart->rx.shift_reg >>= (8 - suart->cfg.num_data_bits);
 		}
 		break;
 	case SUART_FLOW_ST_PARITY:
diff --git a/tests/soft_uart/soft_uart_test.ok b/tests/soft_uart/soft_uart_test.ok
index e670a0e..118c547 100644
--- a/tests/soft_uart/soft_uart_test.ok
+++ b/tests/soft_uart/soft_uart_test.ok
@@ -128,16 +128,16 @@
 test_tx_rx_exec_one(n_bits_total=44): 11111111111 11111111111 11111111111 11111111111
 ======== test_tx_rx(): testing 6-N-1
 suart_tx_cb(len=4/4): de ad be ef 
-suart_rx_cb(flags=00): 78 b4 f8 bc 
+suart_rx_cb(flags=00): 1e 2d 3e 2f 
 test_tx_rx_exec_one(n_bits_total=32): 00111101 01011011 00111111 01111011
 suart_tx_cb(len=4/4): 00 aa 55 ff 
-suart_rx_cb(flags=00): 00 a8 54 fc 
+suart_rx_cb(flags=00): 00 2a 15 3f 
 test_tx_rx_exec_one(n_bits_total=32): 00000001 00101011 01010101 01111111
 suart_tx_cb(len=4/4): 01 02 04 08 
-suart_rx_cb(flags=00): 04 08 10 20 
+suart_rx_cb(flags=00): 01 02 04 08 
 test_tx_rx_exec_one(n_bits_total=32): 01000001 00100001 00010001 00001001
 suart_tx_cb(len=4/4): 10 20 40 80 
-suart_rx_cb(flags=00): 40 80 00 00 
+suart_rx_cb(flags=00): 10 20 00 00 
 test_tx_rx_exec_one(n_bits_total=32): 00000101 00000011 00000001 00000001
 suart_tx_cb(len=0/4): 
 test_tx_rx_exec_one(n_bits_total=32): 11111111 11111111 11111111 11111111