From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Cc: Crescent Hsieh <crescentcy.hsieh@moxa.com>,
Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>,
FangpingFP.Cheng@moxa.com, Epson.Chiang@moxa.com,
EddieSY.Lin@moxa.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/14] serial: 8250: add Moxa MUEx50 PCIe board support
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:43:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026073011-ability-humorless-4b89@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b383f0bc-f077-4a0a-ab8b-bde0021696e4@kernel.org>
On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 08:05:45AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 29. 07. 26, 8:05, Crescent Hsieh wrote:
> > This series consolidates Moxa PCIe multiport serial board support under a
> > dedicated 8250_mxpcie driver and adds MUEx50 UART support needed by these
> > boards.
> >
> > The first part splits the existing Moxa PCIe board handling out of
> > 8250_pci into a separate driver while preserving the existing probe flow
> > and device IDs. The series then introduces the MUEx50 UART port type and
> > enables the board-specific UART setup, including enhanced mode and FIFO
> > trigger programming.
> >
> > The driver adds hardware-assisted flow control support for MUEx50 UARTs,
> > including automatic RTS/CTS handling and XON/XOFF offload. It also adds a
> > custom IRQ path and uses the MUEx50 memory-mapped FIFO windows to improve
> > RX and TX data movement.
> >
> > Later patches add serial interface mode switching, RS485 break handling,
> > and per-port private state for MUEx50-specific configuration. The driver
> > supports switching the serial interface mode through the RS485
> > configuration path, covering RS232, RS422, and RS485 modes supported by
> > the boards.
> >
> > The final part extends 8250 core callbacks where needed so low-level
> > drivers can override break control and rx_trig_bytes handling. The
> > 8250_mxpcie driver uses these hooks to implement RS485 break handling via
> > MUEx50 features and to expose the MUEx50 programmable RX trigger level
> > through the generic rx_trig_bytes sysfs interface.
> >
> > ---
> > Changes in v4:
>
> This looks very well from my POV, except the two nits. Thanks for this.
>
> Let's see what others say ;).
Looks sane to me, polish up those 2 things and I think it's ready to go!
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-29 6:05 [PATCH v4 00/14] serial: 8250: add Moxa MUEx50 PCIe board support Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-29 6:05 ` [PATCH v4 01/14] serial: 8250: split Moxa PCIe serial board support out of 8250_pci Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-29 6:05 ` [PATCH v4 02/14] serial: 8250: add Moxa MUEx50 UART port type Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-29 6:05 ` [PATCH v4 03/14] serial: 8250_mxpcie: enable enhanced mode and program FIFO trigger levels Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-29 6:05 ` [PATCH v4 04/14] serial: 8250_mxpcie: enable automatic RTS/CTS flow control Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-29 6:05 ` [PATCH v4 05/14] serial: 8250_mxpcie: offload XON/XOFF flow control to MUEx50 hardware Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-30 5:49 ` Jiri Slaby
2026-07-29 6:05 ` [PATCH v4 06/14] serial: 8250_mxpcie: add custom handle_irq callback Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-29 6:05 ` [PATCH v4 07/14] serial: 8250_mxpcie: speed up RX using memory-mapped FIFO window Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-29 6:05 ` [PATCH v4 08/14] serial: 8250_mxpcie: speed up TX " Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-29 6:05 ` [PATCH v4 09/14] serial: 8250_mxpcie: support serial interface mode switching Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-29 6:05 ` [PATCH v4 10/14] serial: 8250: allow low-level drivers to override break control Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-29 6:05 ` [PATCH v4 11/14] serial: 8250_mxpcie: add break support for RS485 using MUEx50 features Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-30 6:01 ` Jiri Slaby
2026-07-29 6:06 ` [PATCH v4 12/14] serial: 8250: allow UART drivers to override rx_trig_bytes handling Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-29 6:06 ` [PATCH v4 13/14] serial: 8250_mxpcie: introduce per-port private data structure Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-29 6:06 ` [PATCH v4 14/14] serial: 8250_mxpcie: implement rx_trig_bytes callbacks via MUEx50 RTL Crescent Hsieh
2026-07-30 6:05 ` [PATCH v4 00/14] serial: 8250: add Moxa MUEx50 PCIe board support Jiri Slaby
2026-07-30 14:43 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
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