This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
serial: 8250: bind to ALi Fast Infrared Controller (ALI5123)
to my tty git tree which can be found at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git
in the tty-testing branch.
The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree
(usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.)
The patch will be merged to the tty-next branch sometime soon,
after it passes testing, and the merge window is open.
If you have any questions about this process, please let me know.
>From 1d7002777a8fe8188caaa98d4a8eb4ed298fcdae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 23:15:05 +0200
Subject: serial: 8250: bind to ALi Fast Infrared Controller (ALI5123)
This way this device can be used with irtty-sir -
at least on Toshiba Satellite A20-S103 it is not configured by default
and needs PNP activation before it starts to respond on I/O ports.
This device has actually its own driver (ali-ircc),
but this driver seems to be non-functional for a very long time
(see http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.irda.general/484
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.network.protocols.obex.openobex.user/943
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=535070 ).
Signed-off-by: Maciej Szmigiero <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/acpi/acpi_pnp.c | 1 +
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pnp.c | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pnp.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pnp.c
index ff6d8adc9cda..fb765524cc3d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pnp.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pnp.c
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id acpi_pnp_device_ids[] = {
{"AEI0250"}, /* PROLiNK 1456VH ISA PnP K56flex Fax Modem */
{"AEI1240"}, /* Actiontec ISA PNP 56K X2 Fax Modem */
{"AKY1021"}, /* Rockwell 56K ACF II Fax+Data+Voice Modem */
+ {"ALI5123"}, /* ALi Fast Infrared Controller */
{"AZT4001"}, /* AZT3005 PnP SOUND DEVICE */
{"BDP3336"}, /* Best Data Products Inc. Smart One 336F PnP Modem */
{"BRI0A49"}, /* Boca Complete Ofc Communicator 14.4 Data-FAX */
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pnp.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pnp.c
index 61fd3d3db676..658b392d1170 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pnp.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pnp.c
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ static const struct pnp_device_id pnp_dev_table[] = {
{ "AEI1240", 0 },
/* Rockwell 56K ACF II Fax+Data+Voice Modem */
{ "AKY1021", 0 /*SPCI_FL_NO_SHIRQ*/ },
+ /*
+ * ALi Fast Infrared Controller
+ * Native driver (ali-ircc) is broken so at least
+ * it can be used with irtty-sir.
+ */
+ { "ALI5123", 0 },
/* AZT3005 PnP SOUND DEVICE */
{ "AZT4001", 0 },
/* Best Data Products Inc. Smart One 336F PnP Modem */
--
2.5.0
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