[U-Boot-Users] PATCH: ixp42x UART: support 230400bps, enable RTS

Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD plagnioj at jcrosoft.com
Sun Dec 9 09:40:21 CET 2007


On 23:37 Sat 08 Dec     , Michael Schwingen wrote:
> Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > 	2) Cou you make the RTS part configurable by a MACRO like
> > 	CONFIG_SERIAL_RTS?
> >   
> Is this really necessary? I do not like to add configuration switches 
> for stuff that does not need to be configurable. It is not like we are 
> adding full hardware handshake ...
> 
> Currently, RTS is always inactive, so it must be ignored by anyone 
> talking to such a target board.
> 
> If we make RTS always active, this should cause no harm, but make it 
> possible to talk to the board using a terminal program that has RTS/CTS 
> handshaking activated.

I've already have problem when using usb <=> serial device when you have
RTS active on the board and not on the Host.

Best Regards,
J.




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