Re: [PATCH/RFC] 8250: Auto RS485 direction control

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On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:47:29 +0200
Laurent Pinchart <laurentp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch adds support for the automatic RS485 direction control feature
> present in 16850 UARTs.
> 
> A new termios c_cflag, CARTS, is introduced to configure automatic direction
> control from userspace.
> 
> This is a first proposal. I'm open to suggestions regarding the CARTS name.
> I assume the CARTS flag will have to be added to all asm/termbits.h headers.
> Why are the termios bits definitions platform specific ?

Because many of them are made to match up with the existing previous
OS on those systems (eg to match with Alpha OSF).

I've no fundamental objection to this but I do wonder whether this
feature belongs in setserial rather than termios as it is so chip
specific ?

Alan
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