Re: [PATCH] atmel_serial: Split the interrupt handler

[Remy Bohmer]

Hello Haavard,

> Hrm. We probably need to lock while updating icount. That's a problem
> since we do that from the tx interrupt handler...and I don't suppose we
> want to move most of the atmel_tx_chars() code into the tasklet too...?

I do not see a reason why not moving transmit to a tasklet. It is only
time critical to read in time. If the transmit is postponed for a
while, it will only slow down transmission, while not reading in time
results in lost data.

Kind Regards,

Remy
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