Re: s3c24xx : TIOCM_CTS handling problem

From: Matthieu CASTET
Date: Tue Dec 16 2008 - 09:11:21 EST


Matthieu CASTET a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> there is a problem in samsung soc serial driver with the report of
> TIOCM_CTS in get_mctrl.
>
> The uart layer check the status of the TIOCM_CTS in the open or
> set_termios function and cache the result in the tty->hw_stopped flag.
>
> Then when sending data, in the function uart_start, it check
> tty->hw_stopped flag before calling the start_tx uart driver callback.
>
>
> For the samsung uart driver it means :
> - if the other side is not connected or in a reset state, then CTS
> signal is not activated
> - we open and configure the uart. get_mctrl don't report TIOCM_CTS flag.
> uart layer set tty->hw_stopped flag.
> - we connect or start the other side. CTS signal become activated.
> - we send some characters on the uart. This call uart_write which fill
> uart tx queue and call uart_start. uart_start doesn't call driver
> start_tx because tty->hw_stopped flag is set.
> - because driver start_tx is never call, the data is never send on the uart.
>
>>From what I see, working driver managing TIOCM_CTS flag (amba-pl011,
> 8250), call uart_handle_cts_change when the uart driver detect a CTS
> signal change (via a interrupt).
>
> Because the samsung controller doesn't generate an interrupt when CTS
> signal change, we can't call uart_handle_cts_change.
>
> And easy fix could be to always report TIOCM_CTS.
>
Ping ?

The bug is still present on git tree and I have got no replies.


Matthieu
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