Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Add CTS/RTS gpio support to STM32 UART
From: Greg KH
Date: Thu May 07 2020 - 11:34:44 EST
On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 07:37:50PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 10:32:02PM +0530, mani@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > This patchset adds CTS/RTS gpio support to STM32 UART controller.
> > Eventhough the UART controller supports using dedicated CTS/RTS gpios,
> > sometimes we need to use different set of gpios for flow control.
> >
> > This is necessary for the upcoming STM32MP1 based board called Stinger96
> > IoT-Box. On that board, a bluetooth chip is connected to one of the UART
> > controller but the CTS/RTS lines got swapped mistakenly. So this patchset
> > serves as a workaround for that hardware bug and also supports the
> > usecase of using any gpio for CTS/RTS functionality. As per the sugggestion
> > provided by Andy for v1, I've now switched to mctrl_gpio driver.
> >
> > This patchset has been validated with Stinger96 IoT-Box connected to Murata
> > WiFi-BT combo chip.
> >
>
> Are you planning to take this series for 5.8?
I had to wait for the DT protion to be reviewed before I could do
anything. Give me some time, if it looks ok, it will go into 5.8.
thanks,
greg k-h