Re: [PATCH v1 3/4] max3100: adds console support for MAX3100

[christian pellegrin <chripell@fsfe.org>]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:48 AM, Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com> wrote:

>> +             tx |= MAX3100_WD | MAX3100_RTS;
>
> Does this imply to have to work with HW flow control? on my platform
> I have to remove the RTS bit to make it work.
>

Finally I had time to check this. If you compare the 8250 (or similar)
data-sheet with the MAX31x0 one you see that the handling of the
RTX/CTS bits is exactly the same (8250 about RTS bit for example:
"When any of these bits are cleared, the associated output is forced
high." and MAX3110: "Request-to-Send Bit. Controls the state of the
RTS output. This bit is reset on power-up (RTS
bit = 0 sets the RTS pin = logic high)."). If you look at the 8250.c
driver (grep for UART_MCR_RTS) you notice that the bit is set on
device open (together with DTR of course). So I think the driver is
doing the right thing here.

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