From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755860AbZHWUtU (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:49:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751955AbZHWUtT (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:49:19 -0400 Received: from mail.atlantis.sk ([80.94.52.35]:54216 "EHLO mail.atlantis.sk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751503AbZHWUtT (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:49:19 -0400 From: Ondrej Zary To: Bart Hartgers Subject: Re: New ark3116 driver - testers needed Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:49:10 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, ark3116_driver@auctionant.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <7eb6a4d80908230546tc246dbdq33ffadcdce9a605a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7eb6a4d80908230546tc246dbdq33ffadcdce9a605a@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200908232249.12914.linux@rainbow-software.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 23 August 2009 14:46:16 Bart Hartgers wrote: > Hi All, > > I managed to write an improved ark3116 driver after I figured out that > it is just an 16450 UART with some USB glue logic. > > Compared to the old ark3116 driver it offers the following improvements: > - cts/rts handshake support > - break signalling > - line error detection > > Since it is a big step from the previous driver, it made little sense > to modify that one, so I created new driver, named ark316new. Also > this means that both could coexist if the new one doesn't work for > someone. > > I have no datasheet, so the driver is entirely based on reverse > engineering, and some testing by others would be a good idea. > > I also tried to include the IrDA fixes for the old ark3116.c driver > that were posted on this list recently, but I could not test if > these work, since I don't have the proper hardware. > > Because of this, I would appreciate reports of both success and > failure in using this driver. Good work. I'll try the driver during the week with that USB-to-IrDA thing. Added LKML to CC. -- Ondrej Zary