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From: alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com (Alexander Stein)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation about RS485 serial communications
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:28:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201011161630.19107.alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101116143016.GB6527@ucw.cz>

Hello,

On Tuesday 16 November 2010, 15:30:16 Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Documentation about RS485 serial communications
> 
> I have seen hardware (kontron pmc-6l) that was capable of switching
> between RS232, RS485 and one other standard by software.

Maybe you mean RS422 here.

> Is such hw common? If so, should we have standard interface?

Especially in industrial system, you may have RS485 or RS422 additionally to 
RS232. This also often means switching some GPIO to change the external signal 
levels. Any the drivers must also be capable of turning on and off the 
transmitter.

Best regards,
Alexander

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-16 15:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-29  7:16 [PATCH] atmel_serial: Atmel RS485 support v2 Claudio Scordino
2010-03-29 19:44 ` Ryan Mallon
2010-03-30  9:07   ` Claudio Scordino
2010-03-30 19:37     ` Ryan Mallon
2010-04-08  7:58       ` Claudio Scordino
2010-04-08  9:01         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-04-08 10:13         ` Alan Cox
2010-04-08 13:16           ` Claudio Scordino
2010-04-08 13:42             ` Alan Cox
2010-05-26 13:18             ` Nicolas Ferre
2010-05-27  8:37               ` Claudio Scordino
2010-05-27  9:57                 ` Nicolas Ferre
2010-05-27 10:29                   ` Wolfram Sang
2010-05-28 15:05                     ` Claudio Scordino
2010-08-11  9:26                     ` [PATCH] Documentation about RS485 serial communications Claudio Scordino
2010-08-11 10:02                       ` Philippe De Muyter
2010-08-11 15:32                       ` Randy Dunlap
2010-08-11 19:58                         ` Claudio Scordino
2010-08-14 12:50                         ` Claudio Scordino
2010-08-15 22:02                           ` Randy Dunlap
2010-08-15 22:19                             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-10-19 12:28                               ` Claudio Scordino
2010-10-19 14:29                                 ` Grant Edwards
2010-10-19 15:27                                   ` Alexander Stein
2010-10-19 17:22                                     ` Grant Edwards
2010-10-20  7:36                                       ` Nicolas Ferre
2010-10-20  8:00                                       ` Alexander Stein
2010-10-20 18:56                                         ` Alan Cox
2010-10-24 11:29                                       ` Claudio Scordino
2010-10-28 15:10                                         ` Chris Down
2010-10-28 15:31                                           ` Claudio Scordino
2010-10-28 16:30                                             ` Chris Down
2010-11-10  9:17                                         ` Nicolas Ferre
2010-11-10 17:28                                           ` Greg KH
2010-11-11 10:22                                             ` Claudio Scordino
2010-11-16 14:30                                               ` Pavel Machek
2010-11-16 15:23                                                 ` Grant Edwards
2010-11-16 15:28                                                 ` Alexander Stein [this message]
2010-11-16 16:13                                                 ` Matt Schulte
2010-11-16 17:20                                                   ` Alan Cox
     [not found]                                                     ` <ibuh1v$uh6$1@dough.gmane.org>
2010-11-16 20:04                                                       ` Alan Cox
2010-11-30 19:19                                                         ` Pavel Machek
     [not found]                                                   ` <ibubf5$ev$1@dough.gmane.org>
2010-11-16 18:41                                                     ` Matt Schulte
2010-05-28  9:42                   ` [PATCH] atmel_serial: Atmel RS485 support v2 Haavard Skinnemoen
2010-05-28 13:54                     ` [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: some Atmel drivers change maintainer Nicolas Ferre
2010-05-28 13:31                       ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2010-06-11  7:23                       ` Nicolas Ferre
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-08-11 20:23 [PATCH] Documentation about RS485 serial communications Randy Dunlap

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