[PATCH] mxs: uart: allow setting RTS from software

Ben Hutchings ben at decadent.org.uk
Fri Dec 14 09:11:59 EST 2012


On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 05:31:53PM +0100, Steffen Trumtrar wrote:
> With the patch "serial: mxs-auart: fix the wrong RTS hardware flow control" the
> mainline mxs-uart driver now sets RTSEN only when hardware flow control is
> enabled via software. It is not possible any longer to set RTS manually via
> software. However, the manual modification is a valid operation.
> Regain the possibility to set RTS via software and only set RTSEN when hardware
> flow control is explicitly enabled via settermios cflag CRTSCTS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar at pengutronix.de>
[...]

This is not the correct way to submit a patch to stable.  See
Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt

Ben.

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