Re: [PATCH] serial: serial_txx9 driver update

[Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>]

>>>>> On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:57:00 +0000, Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk> said:
>> -			if (disr & TXX9_SIDISR_UOER)
>> +			if (disr & TXX9_SIDISR_UOER) {
>>  				up-> port.icount.overrun++;
>> +				/*
>> +				 * The receiver read buffer still hold
>> +				 * a char which caused overrun.
>> +				 * Ignore next char by adding RFDN_MASK
>> +				 * to ignore_status_mask temporarily.
>> +				 */
>> +				next_ignore_status_mask |=
>> +					TXX9_SIDISR_RFDN_MASK;
>> +			}

rmk> I'm not sure what you mean here.

rmk> If we successfully received the string ABCDEFGH, and the next character
rmk> to be received (I) causes an overrun condition, what happens in the
rmk> case that overruns are not ignored?

In this case, I will read ABCDEFG without errors, and then I with an overrun 

rmk> Will you read ABCDEFG without any errors from the UART, and then H with
rmk> an overrun error?  If so, you should pass to the TTY layer ABCDEFGH and
rmk> then a NUL character with TTY_OVERRUN set.  Note that uart_insert_char()
rmk> does this for you.

Yes, in this case I will read ABCDEFG without error, and then H with
an overrun error.  But the UART still hold "I" in its "read buffer".
The "read buffer" is exist outside the receiver FIFO.  So if 'J' comes
in later, I will read "IJ".  There is no way to clear the "read
buffer" except resetting the UART.

Resetting the whole UART is too intrusive, so I chose a way in the
patch (Ignore just next one char after an overrun error.)

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Atsushi Nemoto