Re: [PATCH] serial: sh-sci: Support custom speed setting

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 01:32:50PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Eugeniu,
> 
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 5:20 PM Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Torii Kenichi <torii.ken1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This patch is necessary to use BT module and XM module with DENSO TEN
> > development board.
> >
> > This patch supports ASYNC_SPD_CUST flag by ioctl(TIOCSSERIAL), enables
> > custom speed setting with setserial(1).
> >
> > The custom speed is calculated from uartclk and custom_divisor.
> > If custom_divisor is zero, custom speed setting is invalid.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Torii Kenichi <torii.ken1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > [erosca: rebase against v5.5]
> > Signed-off-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Thanks for your patch!
> 
> While this seems to work fine[*], I have a few comments/questions:
>   1. This feature seems to be deprecated:
> 
>          sh-sci e6e68000.serial: setserial sets custom speed on
> ttySC1. This is deprecated.
> 
>   2. As the wanted speed is specified as a divider, the resulting speed
>      may be off, cfr. the example for 57600 below.
>      Note that the SCIF device has multiple clock inputs, and can do
>      57600 perfectly if the right crystal has been fitted.
> 
>  3. What to do with "[PATCH/RFC] serial: sh-sci: Update uartclk based
>      on selected clock" (https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11103703/)?
>      Combined with this, things become pretty complicated and
>      unpredictable, as uartclk now always reflect the frequency of the
>      last used base clock, which was the optimal one for the previously
>      used speed....
> 
> I think it would be easier if we just had an API to specify a raw speed.
> Perhaps that already exists?

Yes, see:
	http://www.panix.com/~grante/arbitrary-baud.c