RE: [PATCH 02/19] dt-bindings: serial: rsci: Drop "uart-has-rtscts: false"
From: Biju Das
Date: Tue Oct 28 2025 - 16:27:35 EST
Hi Conor Dooley,
Thanks for the feedback.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conor Dooley <conor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 28 October 2025 19:51
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/19] dt-bindings: serial: rsci: Drop "uart-has-rtscts: false"
>
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 07:39:41PM +0000, Biju Das wrote:
> > Hi Conor Dooley,
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Conor Dooley <conor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: 28 October 2025 19:28
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/19] dt-bindings: serial: rsci: Drop "uart-has-rtscts: false"
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 03:45:49PM +0000, Biju Das wrote:
> > > > Drop "uart-has-rtscts: false" from binding as the IP support
> > > > hardware flow control.
> > >
> > > Why is it being removed, rather than only being required for the
> > > existing devices? It's not clear to me that the comment about the IP
> > > supporting flow control excludes the integration on these particular devices from somehow having
> flow control disabled.
> >
> > It was a mistake previously as the driver does not implement hardware
> > flow control and is excluded in device tree.
> >
> > Actually, the RSCI IP on all SoCs supports hardware flow control.
> > If a channel need flow control it can make use of the property
> > uart-has-rtscts; That is the reason for removing hardware flow control
> > disabled property("uart-has-rtscts: false")
>
> Could you update the commit message to be clear that that's the case?
> Just something like "as the IP supports hardware flow control on all SoCs".
Agreed, Should I add fixes tag as well?
Cheers,
Biju
>
> With that,
> Acked-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Cheers,
> Conor.
>
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