From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Edwards Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] 8250: Auto RS485 direction control Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:22:30 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <200807241347.33261.laurentp@cse-semaphore.com> <014e01c8f63c$6d03dee0$2e01a8c0@acksys.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:52593 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752998AbYHDOW4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:22:56 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KQ0xS-0001Tn-Oy for linux-serial@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:22:49 +0000 Received: from 64.251.14.41 ([64.251.14.41]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:22:41 +0000 Received: from grante by 64.251.14.41 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:22:41 +0000 Sender: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org To: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org On 2008-08-04, Tosoni 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). -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I want to kill at everyone here with a cute visi.com colorful Hydrogen Bomb!!