Re: [PATCH 3/3] tty/serial: at91: fix hardware handshake when DMA is not used

[Alexandre Belloni]

Hi,

On 07/09/2016 at 18:13:24 +0200, Richard Genoud wrote :
> Commit 1cf6e8fc8341 ("tty/serial: at91: fix RTS line management when
> hardware handshake is enabled") broke the hardware handshake when
> DMA is not used.
> 
> So, here's a summary:
> If DMA is NOT USED the mode should be ATMEL_US_USMODE_NORMAL because the
> controller can't drive the RTS pin (there's no way for it to know when
> we can't receive data anymore).
> 

You forgot that the PDC can properly drive the RTS pin so all the
platforms that are using the PDC will break after your patch.

Also, I believe the controller is able to drive the RTS and CTS pins
when simply using PIOs (it knows when one complete character has been
received and US_RHR has not yet been read). However, I didn't test.
Maybe someone at Atmel can confirm.

I think that 5be605ac9af9 is doing the right thing but I still can be
convince otherwise ;).

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