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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] resubmit: PPC440: Add flow control for serial port
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:58:18 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071203095818.2611E2430C@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:48:54 +0100." <200712031048.54727.niklausgiger@gmx.ch>

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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  reply	other threads:[~2007-12-03  9:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-30 13:39 [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] PPC440: Add flow control for serial port Niklaus Giger
2007-11-30 19:57 ` Stefan Roese
2007-12-03  9:48   ` [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] resubmit: " Niklaus Giger
2007-12-03  9:58     ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2007-12-03 10:45       ` Stefan Roese

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