Re: Linux v2.6.18-rc3

[Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:38:34PM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 02:18:55PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > The serial layer should use set_termios() when users set the termios state 
> > (surprise surprise), not to emulate suspend/restore.
> 
> Yes Linus, you're obviously right.  Would you mind re-engineering this
> while I'm away for the next few days.  For _ALL_ serial drivers, not
> just 8250.  Thanks.

BTW, you'll need to replicate some of the quirk behaviour on some 8250
compatible UARTs when restoring registers - you can't blindly write
the registers in any one particular order.

Some UARTs have side effects which reset some features if you do that
(eg, TI16750 UARTs with 64 byte FIFOs need a different register writing
order from everything else, otherwise it turns off the 64-byte FIFOs.)
Others require you to write a sequence of values to a register, etc.

Okay, consider me gone from this point forwards for the next few days.

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
 maintainer of:  2.6 Serial core