Re: Questions regarding adding a patch in linux/drivers/char/8250.c

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On Mon, 21 May 2012 14:19:34 +0800
"Donald" <donald@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This is Donald from ASIX Electronics Corp. My company has three PCI to Serial controllers, including MCS9845, MCS9835, and MCS9820.
> Currently those serial devices using these three chips can directly use the Linux kernel's serial driver in
> linux/drivers/char/8250.c. Recently we find these three chips have a hardware bug relating to parity error count function. We have a
> software workaround for this issue. Below for reference is a pseudo code for this workaround.

Actually I have a second question.

Would it not be better to set the device to 8N1 and do the parity in
software rather than lose the FIFO, especially at higher speeds ? Can you
clarify what the erratum is triggered by ?

Alan


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