Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] Add support for MaxLinear/Exar USB to serial converters

[Manivannan Sadhasivam]

On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 10:38:19PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> This series adds support for MaxLinear/Exar USB to serial converters.
> This driver only supports XR21V141X series but it can easily be extended
> to other series in future.
> 
> This driver is inspired from the initial one submitted by Patong Yang:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/20180404070634.nhspvmxcjwfgjkcv@advantechmxl-desktop
> 
> While the initial driver was a custom tty USB driver exposing whole
> new serial interface ttyXRUSBn, this version is completely based on USB
> serial core thus exposing the interfaces as ttyUSBn. This will avoid
> the overhead of exposing a new USB serial interface which the userspace
> tools are unaware of.
> 
> This series has been tested with Hikey970 board hosting XR21V141X chip.
> 
> NOTE: I've removed all reviews and tested-by tags as the code has gone
> through substantial rework. Greg, Linus, Mauro please consider reviewing
> again.
> 

Any chance to get this series into v5.11?

Thanks,
Mani

> Thanks,
> Mani
> 
> Changes in v5:
> 
> * Incorporated review comments from Johan. Noticeable ones are:
>   - Made serial and gpiolib support exclusive and used mutex to avoid
>     race. The gpio requests from gpiolib will be rejected when serial
>     port is in use.
>   - The driver only binds to data interface but claims both control and
>     data interface.
>   - Handled B0 request
>   - Removed all reviews as the code has gone through substantial rework.
> 
> Changes in v4:
> 
> * Multiple improvements based on Johan's review. Noticeable ones are:
>   - Now the driver claims both control and data interfaces but only registers
>     tty device for data interface.
>   - GPIO pin status is now shared between the console and gpiolib
>     implementations. This is done to avoid changing the lines spuriously.
>   - A separate port_open flag is added to reject GPIO requests while the tty
>     port is open.
>   - Removed padding PID to gpio device.
> * Added Greg and Mauro's review and tested tags.
> * Included a patch from Mauro to avoid the CDC-ACM driver to claim this device
>   when this driver is built.
> 
> Changes in v3:
> 
> * Dropped the check for PID and also the reg_width property.
> 
> Changes in v2:
> 
> * Dropped the code related to handling variable register size. It's all u8 now.
> * Dropped the header file and moved the contents to driver itself.
> * Added Linus's reviewed-by tag for gpiochip patch.
> * Added PID to gpiochip label
> * Dropped gpiochip for interface 0
> 
> Manivannan Sadhasivam (2):
>   usb: serial: Add MaxLinear/Exar USB to Serial driver
>   usb: serial: xr_serial: Add gpiochip support
> 
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab (1):
>   usb: cdc-acm: Ignore Exar XR21V141X when serial driver is built
> 
>  drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c    |   6 +
>  drivers/usb/serial/Kconfig     |   9 +
>  drivers/usb/serial/Makefile    |   1 +
>  drivers/usb/serial/xr_serial.c | 854 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 870 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/usb/serial/xr_serial.c
> 
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> 2.25.1
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