[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] resubmit: PPC440: Add flow control for serial port

Wolfgang Denk
2007-12-03T09:58:18Z

In message <200712031048.54727.niklausgiger@gmx.ch> you wrote:
> Sorry for my mistake in my first submission..
>
> This has been tested on our HCU5 PPC440EPx based board, where we
> have only one serial port.

I object against applying such a patch.

Using hardware flow-control on the only available serial port (= con-
sole port) is fundamentally broken. It is not acceptable that a board
does not come up just because no console terminal is attached or
because the console is in the wrong state.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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