[PATCH] atmel-serial: fix RS485 half-duplex problem

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 01:43:39PM -0400, Siftar, Gabe wrote:
> On our custom board, we are using RS485 in half-duplex mode on an AT91SAM9G45. 
> SER_RS485_RX_DURING_TX is not set as we do not want to receive the data we 
> transmit (our transceiver will receive transmitted data).  Although the current 
> driver attempts to disable and enable the receiver at the appropriate points, 
> incoming data is still loaded into the receive register causing our code to 
> receive the very last byte that was sent once the receiver is enabled.
>  
> I ran this by Atmel support and they wrote:  "The issue comes from the fact 
> that you disable the PDC/DMA Reception and not the USART Reception channel.  In 
> your case, the[n] you will still receive data into the USART_RHR register, and 
> maybe you [h]ave the overun flag set.  So please disable the USART reception 
> channel."
>   
> The following patch should force the driver to enable/disable the receiver via 
> RXEN/RXDIS fields of the USART control register.  It fixed the issue I was 
> having - perhaps others will find it useful as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gabe Siftar <gabe.siftar at getingeusa.com>

That's nice, but:

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This footer just contridicted your signed-off-by:

So, what should I believe?

Hint, please remove such footers, and tell anyone who insists on them
that they directly prevent you from contributing to the kernel, as I can
not accept patches with this on it.

Care to resend this without the footer so I can accept it?

greg k-h