linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial: don't announce CIR serial ports

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Date:	Mon, 03 Aug 2015 21:46:20 -0400
From:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
To:	"Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>
CC:	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: don't announce CIR serial ports

Hi Maciej,

On 08/02/2015 05:09 PM, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
> CIR type serial ports aren't real serial ports.
> This is just a way to prevent legacy serial driver
> from probing and eventually binding some resources
> so don't announce them like normal serial ports.

I'd like to keep some form of reporting so that we know the
port was properly probed; what about extending uart_report_port()
to including CIR + disabled status?

Secondly, good catch! Because we should not be trying to
register a console on this port, nor driving modem signals.

So maybe an early exit after uart_report_port?

Regards,
Peter Hurley

> Signed-off-by: Maciej Szmigiero <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
> index f368520..99f944d 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
> @@ -2237,7 +2237,7 @@ uart_configure_port(struct uart_driver *drv, struct uart_state *state,
>  		port->ops->config_port(port, flags);
>  	}
>  
> -	if (port->type != PORT_UNKNOWN) {
> +	if (port->type != PORT_UNKNOWN && port->type != PORT_8250_CIR) {
>  		unsigned long flags;
>  
>  		uart_report_port(drv, port);

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