linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v4 10/10] tty: serdev: add functions to retrieve common UART settings

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Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2017 18:33:45 +0200
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v4 10/10] tty: serdev: add functions to retrieve
 common UART settings

Am 27.03.2017 um 22:00 schrieb Rob Herring:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com> wrote:
>> Currently serdev core doesn't provide functions to retrieve common
>> UART settings like data bits, stop bits or parity. This patch adds
>> the interface to the core and the necessary implementation for
>> serdev-ttyport.
> It doesn't provide them because why do you need to know? The attached
> device should request the settings it needs and be done with it. Maybe
> some devices can support a number of settings and you could want
> negotiate the settings with the UART, though surely 8N1 is in that
> list. It's rare to see something that's not 8N1 from what I've seen.

During development it's very helpful to check the current UART settings
and error counter. Currently i can't see a replacement for
/sys/class/tty/ttyXYZ .

Are there any plans about it?

>
> Rob