linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 2/3] tty: serial: fsl_lpuart: remove RTS/CTS control from set/get

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Date:	Tue, 9 Jun 2015 09:42:28 +0530
From:	Bhuvanchandra DV <bhuvanchandra.dv@...adex.com>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
CC:	<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>, <moorray3@...pl>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <stefan@...er.ch>,
	<bhuvanchandra.dv@...il.com>, <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	<shawn.guo@...aro.org>, <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 2/3] tty: serial: fsl_lpuart: remove RTS/CTS control
 from set/get_mctrl

On 06/08/2015 02:42 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 10:51:06AM +0530, Bhuvanchandra DV wrote:
>> +    /*
>> +     * CTS/RTS can _only_ be handled
>> +     * automatically by the hardware.
>> +     */
>
> That's really not acceptable.  You need to do something here so that you
> can _force_ RTS to be deasserted when the kernel buffers fill up - be
> that by stopping reading characters and letting the FIFO fill up or
> something of that ilk.
Agreed, will fix this.
>
> Ignoring the rest of the flow control system in the kernel is not really
> acceptable.
>

Best regards,
Bhuvan
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