[PATCH] amba-pl011: simplify TX handling

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 05:41:57PM +0000, Dave P Martin wrote:
>  * uart_wait_until_sent()'s timeout calculations aim to wait for
>    no longer than it takes the FIFO to drain.  However, this function
>    can get called when the serial_core xmit queue for the port is
>    very non-empty -- meaning that the FIFO continues to be topped
>    up for some time.  This can cause more data to be lost.

The code used to wait for the xmit queue to empty (up to closing_wait)
before shutting the port down, which defaulted to 30 seconds.  If the
xmit queue doesn't drain in 30 seconds, it probably never will.

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