On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:16:06AM -0800, Lee Howard wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@kroah.com] 
> > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 4:03 PM
> > To: Lee Howard
> > Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: Mainpine IQ Express Rev3 problems beginning 2.6.36
> > 
> > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 05:25:19AM -0800, Lee Howard wrote:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org
> > > > [mailto:linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of 
> > Lee Howard
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 11:50 AM
> > > > To: 'Greg KH'
> > > > Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Subject: RE: Mainpine IQ Express Rev3 problems beginning 2.6.36
> > > > 
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@kroah.com]
> > > > > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 8:52 AM
> > > > 
> > > > > As for build issues, try to make a minimal working 
> > config for your 
> > > > > system, using 'make localmodconfig'.  That will speed up your 
> > > > > build time immensely as well as reduce your chances of 
> > build and 
> > > > > runtime problems with the intermediate kernels.
> > > > 
> > > > Thank-you, that did help immensely.
> > > > 
> > > > Here's the 'git bisect' result...
> > > > 
> > > > --------------
> > > > 7a56aa45982bb87bfca98a2832b5ae782c03364a is the first bad commit 
> > > > commit 7a56aa45982bb87bfca98a2832b5ae782c03364a
> > > > Author: Yegor Yefremov <yegor_sub1@visionsystems.de>
> > > > Date:   Wed Jun 16 16:29:55 2010 +0200
> > > > 
> > > >     serial: add UART_CAP_EFR and UART_CAP_SLEEP flags to 16C950 
> > > > UARTs definition
> > > >     
> > > >     Adding UART_CAP_EFR and UART_CAP_SLEEP flags will 
> > enable sleep 
> > > > mode
> > > >     and automatic CTS flow control for 16C950 UARTs. It will also 
> > > > avoid
> > > >     capabilities detection warning like this:
> > > >     
> > > >     "ttyS0: detected caps 00000700 should be 00000100"
> > > >     
> > > >     Signed-off-by: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@googlemail.com>
> > > >     Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> > > > 
> > > > :040000 040000 1776ca8d5c653834363c0778b5b404ee52bd2d69
> > > > b81cfe4f302a674935181bd248641873820517e5 M      drivers
> > > > --------------
> > > > 
> > > > Indeed, if I remove the UART_CAP_EFR flag from later kernel 
> > > > revisions there is no problem.
> > > 
> > > Greg,
> > > 
> > > What's to be done?
> > 
> > Sorry for the delay, I think Pavel's posted patch will solve 
> > this issue for you, right?
> 
> I've looked in the linux-serial archives for posts by Pavel for the last
> month, but I don't see a patch.  Please tell me where I can find this patch.

I've attached it below.

thanks,

greg k-h