Hi Greg, On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > When a serial port is closed, uart_close() takes care of shutting down the > hardware, and powering it down. > > When a serial port is unbound while in use, uart_close() bypasses all of > this, as this is supposed to be done through uart_hangup() (invoked via > tty_vhangup() in uart_remove_one_port()). > > However, uart_hangup() does not set the hardware's power state, leaving it > powered up. This may also lead to unbounded nesting counts in clock and > power management, depending on their internal implementation. > > Make sure to power down the port in uart_hangup(), except when the port is > used as a serial console. For serial consoles, this must be postponed until > after their deregistration in uart_remove_one_port() (symmetry with > registration in uart_configure_port(), invoked from uart_add_one_port()). > > After this, the module clock used by the sh-sci driver is disabled on > unbind while the serial port is in use. > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> I noticed you have applied all serial patches I've sent, except for this one. Is there any specific reason you skipped this one? Thanks! Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html