Re: [PATCH] serial: sh-sci: Support custom speed setting

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Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 07:43:09AM +0000, ashiduka@xxxxxxxxxxx kirjoitti:
> Dear Greg, Geert,
> 
> > Right.
> > Adding "#include <sys/ioctl.h>" to Greg's sample code causes a
> > compilation error.
> <snip>
> > Is it normal to declare ioctl() without "#include <sys/ioctl.h>" ?
> 
> I would be happy if you could give me some comments.
> 
> > http://www.panix.com/~grante/arbitrary-baud.c
> 
> We think this sample code is no good.
> Should I work on glibc changes instead of kernel fixes?

Side note: I hope introducing spd_cust hack hadn't made upstream.

To the point. Use BOTHER as in code excerpt. Yes, there is a problematic parts
with the headers regarding to this feature. But you may look how others solve
it.

https://github.com/npat-efault/picocom/blob/master/termios2.txt

> > Subject: RE: [PATCH] serial: sh-sci: Support custom speed setting
> > 
> > Dear Greg, Geert,
> > 
> > > I guess you mean the forward declaration of ioctrl()?
> > > No, they should include <sys/ioctl.h> instead.
> > 
> > Right.
> > Adding "#include <sys/ioctl.h>" to Greg's sample code causes a
> > compilation error.
> > 
> > > > I saw the code above, I thought I wouldn't write such code
> > normally.
> > > Why not?
> > 
> > Is it normal to declare ioctl() without "#include <sys/ioctl.h>" ?
> > 
> > Thanks & Best Regards,
> > Yuusuke Ashiduka <ashiduka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Embedded System Development Dept. Embedded System Development Div.
> > FUJITSU COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES Ltd.
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 6:03 PM
> > > To: Torii, Kenichi/鳥居 健一 <torii.ken1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > linux-serial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > linux-renesas-soc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@xxxxxxxxxxx; uli+renesas@xxxxxxxx;
> > > george_davis@xxxxxxxxxx; andrew_gabbasov@xxxxxxxxxx;
> > > jiada_wang@xxxxxxxxxx; yuichi.kusakabe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > yasano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > jslaby@xxxxxxxx; yohhei.fukui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ashizuka, Yuusuke/
> > > 芦塚 雄介 <ashiduka@xxxxxxxxxxx>; magnus.damm@xxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: sh-sci: Support custom speed setting
> > >
> > > Hi Torii-san,
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 6:10 AM torii.ken1@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > <torii.ken1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 05:57:35 +0900,
> > > > Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 01:32:50PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 5:20 PM Eugeniu Rosca
> > > <erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > > From: Torii Kenichi <torii.ken1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This patch is necessary to use BT module and XM module
> > with
> > > DENSO TEN
> > > > > > > development board.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This patch supports ASYNC_SPD_CUST flag by
> > ioctl(TIOCSSERIAL),
> > > enables
> > > > > > > custom speed setting with setserial(1).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The custom speed is calculated from uartclk and
> > > custom_divisor.
> > > > > > > If custom_divisor is zero, custom speed setting is invalid.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Torii Kenichi <torii.ken1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > [erosca: rebase against v5.5]
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for your patch!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > While this seems to work fine[*], I have a few
> > > comments/questions:
> > > > > >   1. This feature seems to be deprecated:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >          sh-sci e6e68000.serial: setserial sets custom speed
> > > on
> > > > > > ttySC1. This is deprecated.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >   2. As the wanted speed is specified as a divider, the
> > resulting
> > > speed
> > > > > >      may be off, cfr. the example for 57600 below.
> > > > > >      Note that the SCIF device has multiple clock inputs,
> > and
> > > can do
> > > > > >      57600 perfectly if the right crystal has been fitted.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  3. What to do with "[PATCH/RFC] serial: sh-sci: Update
> > uartclk
> > > based
> > > > > >      on selected clock"
> > > (https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11103703/)?
> > > > > >      Combined with this, things become pretty complicated
> > and
> > > > > >      unpredictable, as uartclk now always reflect the
> > frequency
> > > of the
> > > > > >      last used base clock, which was the optimal one for the
> > > previously
> > > > > >      used speed....
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think it would be easier if we just had an API to specify
> > > a raw speed.
> > > > > > Perhaps that already exists?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, see:
> > > > >       http://www.panix.com/~grante/arbitrary-baud.c
> > > >
> > > > I saw the code above, I thought I wouldn't write such code
> > normally.
> > > >
> > > > >#include <linux/termios.h>
> > > > >
> > > > >int ioctl(int d, int request, ...);
> > > >
> > > > Do application programmers have to accept this bad code?
> > >
> > > I guess you mean the forward declaration of ioctrl()?
> > > No, they should include <sys/ioctl.h> instead.
> > >
> > > 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

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko





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