On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 12:56:09PM +0200, Richard Genoud wrote:
> 2016-10-28 11:51 GMT+02:00 Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 01:13:31AM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> >> On 27/10/2016 at 20:02:29 +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote :
> >> > Hello Richard,
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 06:04:06PM +0200, Richard Genoud wrote:
> >> > > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
> >> > > index fd8aa1f4ba78..168b10cad47b 100644
> >> > > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
> >> > > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
> >> > > @@ -2132,11 +2132,29 @@ static void atmel_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios,
> >> > > mode |= ATMEL_US_USMODE_RS485;
> >> > > } else if (termios->c_cflag & CRTSCTS) {
> >> > > /* RS232 with hardware handshake (RTS/CTS) */
> >> > > - if (atmel_use_dma_rx(port) && !atmel_use_fifo(port)) {
> >> > > - dev_info(port->dev, "not enabling hardware flow control because DMA is used");
> >> > > - termios->c_cflag &= ~CRTSCTS;
> >> > > - } else {
> >> > > + if (atmel_use_fifo(port) &&
> >> > > + !mctrl_gpio_to_gpiod(atmel_port->gpios, UART_GPIO_CTS)) {
> >> > > + /*
> >> > > + * with ATMEL_US_USMODE_HWHS set, the controller will
> >> > > + * be able to drive the RTS pin high/low when the RX
> >> > > + * FIFO is above RXFTHRES/below RXFTHRES2.
> >> > > + * It will also disable the transmitter when the CTS
> >> > > + * pin is high.
> >> > > + * This mode is not activated if CTS pin is a GPIO
> >> > > + * because in this case, the transmitter is always
> >> > > + * disabled (there must be an internal pull-up
> >> > > + * responsible for this behaviour).
> >> > > + * If the RTS pin is a GPIO, the controller won't be
> >> > > + * able to drive it according to the FIFO thresholds,
> >> > > + * but it will be handled by the driver.
> >> > > + */
> >> > > mode |= ATMEL_US_USMODE_HWHS;
> >> >
> >> > You use
> >> >
> >> > !mctrl_gpio_to_gpiod(atmel_port->gpios, UART_GPIO_CTS)
> >> >
> >> > as indicator that the cts mode of the respective pin is used. Is this
> >> > reliable? (It's not if there are machines that don't use CTS, neither as
> >> > gpio nor using the hardware function.) Maybe this needs a dt property to
> >> > indicate that there is no (hw)handshaking available?
> >> >
> >>
> >> We had a call today were we agreed that this should be added in a future
> >> patch. Let's fix the regression for now.
> >
> > A machine without CTS (neither gpio nor hw function) used to work fine
> > before the breaking commit, right? So this case is part of the
> > regression and needs a fix?
> Actually, a machine with a FIFO and without CTS didn't even exist at the
> time of the breaking commit (v4.0), the FIFO handling was introduced later,
> so it's not even a regression !
>
> > Anyhow, this probably shouldn't stop the commit entering mainline
> > because there are probably very few such machines (if any).
> >
> > So:
> > Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Best regards
> > Uwe
>
>
> Thanks !
>
> Greg, could you take this in your tree ?
Now applied, thanks for working through all of this.
greg k-h
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