linux-serial.vger.kernel.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation about RS485 serial communications
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:23:44 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ibu7m0$bgq$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20101116143016.GB6527@ucw.cz

On 2010-11-16, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> 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.
>
> Is such hw common? If so, should we have standard interface?

I wouldn't say it's common, but it's not all that rare either.  I
could probably name a half-dozen companies that make serial cards that
have software selectable interface types (my employer makes quite a
few).

-- 
Grant Edwards               grant.b.edwards        Yow! I'm dressing up in
                                  at               an ill-fitting IVY-LEAGUE
                              gmail.com            SUIT!!  Too late...

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-16 15:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20100408111310.524f7354@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
     [not found] ` <4BBDD71D.1010700@evidence.eu.com>
     [not found]   ` <4BFD1FB6.8050405@atmel.com>
     [not found]     ` <4BFE2F38.8050200@evidence.eu.com>
     [not found]       ` <4BFE41FD.2080804@atmel.com>
     [not found]         ` <20100527102917.GB31253@pengutronix.de>
     [not found]           ` <4C626CBF.9020609@evidence.eu.com>
     [not found]             ` <20100811083214.21d2919e.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
     [not found]               ` <4C669120.8080707@evidence.eu.com>
     [not found]                 ` <4C686411.3060500@oracle.com>
     [not found]                   ` <20100815221906.GA24153@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
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 [this message]
2010-11-16 15:28                                       ` Alexander Stein
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

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to='ibu7m0$bgq$1@dough.gmane.org' \
    --to=grant.b.edwards@gmail.com \
    --cc=linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-serial@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).