From: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
Claudio Scordino <claudio@evidence.eu.com>,
Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>,
Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>, Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-16 15:30 UTC|newest]
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2010-10-19 12:28 ` [PATCH] Documentation about RS485 serial communications 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 8:00 ` Alexander Stein
2010-10-20 18:56 ` Alan Cox
2010-10-24 11:29 ` Claudio Scordino
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 14:58 ` Tosoni
2010-11-16 15:52 ` Grant Edwards
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 16:28 ` Grant Edwards
2010-11-16 18:41 ` Matt Schulte
2010-11-16 19:29 ` Grant Edwards
2010-11-16 17:20 ` Alan Cox
2010-11-16 18:03 ` Grant Edwards
2010-11-16 20:04 ` Alan Cox
2010-11-30 19:19 ` Pavel Machek
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