On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Frédéric Danis <frederic.danis.oss@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/tty/serdev/core.c | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>>> 1 file changed, 94 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>>> @@ -404,9 +488,14 @@ int serdev_controller_add(struct serdev_controller *ctrl)
>>>> if (ret)
>>>> return ret;
>>>>
>>>> - ret = of_serdev_register_devices(ctrl);
>>>> - if (ret)
>>>> + ret_of = of_serdev_register_devices(ctrl);
>>>> + ret_acpi = acpi_serdev_register_devices(ctrl);
>>>> + if (ret_of && ret_acpi) {
>>>> + dev_dbg(&ctrl->dev, "serdev%d no devices registered: of:%d acpi:%d\n",
>>>> + ctrl->nr, ret_of, ret_acpi);
>>>> + ret = -ENODEV;
>>>> goto out_dev_del;
>>>> + }
>>>>
>>>> dev_dbg(&ctrl->dev, "serdev%d registered: dev:%p\n",
>>>> ctrl->nr, &ctrl->dev);
>>>
>>> Shouldn’t we just consider to always register the controller? Even if there are no devices attached to it.
>>
>> You argued for the opposite at least in regards to a serdev ldisc. :)
>> The problem is we use the success or failure here to decide if we
>> create a tty char dev or not. I guess we could move that decision out
>> of the core and let the tty code check for devices and decide.
>
> we never got the serdev ldisc working. Is there still an attempt to get this working. I frankly don’t know what is best here.
I did get it somewhat working, but haven't been working on it more.
Here's what I said in my last mail to you:
> Okay, I've got this kind of working. I can run "ldattach HCI
> /dev/ttyblah" to start the LL driver (nothing attached, just tries
> firmware loading), then kill ldattach and remove the serdev device.
> And it actually works a 2nd time. I've updated my serdev-ldisc branch
> with the fixes. The real question is what have I broken in the tty
> device. At least "echo rob > /dev/ttyS1" still works (in qemu) after
> attaching and de-attaching.
I pushed out my work to serdev-ldisc-v2 branch on my k.org tree.
Rob
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