Re: [PATCH/RFC] 8250: Auto RS485 direction control

Grant Edwards
2008-08-04T14:22:56Z

On 2008-08-04, Tosoni <jp.tosoni@acksys.fr> wrote:
> About the flags names -- CARTS, UART_FCTR_RS485
>
> May I suggest CRTSTOGGLE since it is known by that kind of name in other
> OS's :-)

RTS toggle is what the feature is called in the products I work
on. I assume that's a microsoftism, but it seems to be in
commmon usage.

> And further, it says was RTS will do, instead of why. Maybe
> someone could use it for something other than RS485?

Sure. It's also used for half-duplex modems (e.g. Bell-202,
various RF comm modules) and other sorts of line drivers (e.g.
optical stuff).

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