linux-kernel - Re: [External Email] Re: [PATCH] serial: sc16is7xx: Add polling feature if no IRQ usage possible

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Message-ID: <2024122301-trickery-unexpired-e6b6@gregkh>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:59:19 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Maarten Brock <Maarten.Brock@...ls.nl>
Cc: Andre Werner <andre.werner@...tec-electronic.com>,
	"jirislaby@...nel.org" <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
	"hvilleneuve@...onoff.com" <hvilleneuve@...onoff.com>,
	"andy@...nel.org" <andy@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
	"lech.perczak@...lingroup.com" <lech.perczak@...lingroup.com>
Subject: Re: [External Email] Re: [PATCH] serial: sc16is7xx: Add polling
 feature if no IRQ usage possible

On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 02:27:22PM +0000, Maarten Brock wrote:
> > I got your point and I'm fully with. This caused me to print a warning
> > in Kernel log because it should not be the general working method.
> > In our special case we do not have any other option because the sensor
> > module using the SC16IS7xx and the hardware with the MCU running Linux OS
> > are fixed. We had no possibilities to move any GPIO or such. This was
> > the only chance  to support the dedicated sensor platform and I may be
> > the case that someone else faces the same problems. I thought that
> > someone else may benefit from this workaround too. But as I got your
> > point I'm also fine if it is not merged into main Linux Kernel sources.
> 
> I vote this patch to go in (after modification).

Ok, let's see a cleaned up version of this and we'll review it again.

thanks,

greg k-h