linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 07/11] serial: 8250: enable AFE on ports where FIFO is 16 bytes

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Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2016 07:53:07 -0700
From:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
To:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@...us-software.ie>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	ismo.puustinen@...el.com,
	Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/11] serial: 8250: enable AFE on ports where FIFO is
 16 bytes

On 04/11/2016 05:51 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Intel Quark has 16550A compatible UART with autoflow feature enabled. It has
> only 16 bytes of FIFO. Currently serial8250_do_set_termios() prevents to enable
> autoflow since the minimum requirement of 32 bytes of FIFO size.
> 
> Drop a FIFO size limitation to allow autoflow control be enabled on such UARTs.
> 
> While here, comment out UART_CAP_AFE for PORT_AR7 since it wasn't working and
> it will be not a good idea to use it in conjunction with trigger level of 1
> byte.

Reviewed-by: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>