[PATCHv2] cpm_uart: Fix break generation

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Fri Jul 25 01:14:57 EST 2008


On Jul 24, 2008, at 9:21 AM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:

> When generating a break condition on a serial port, the CPM must be  
> told
> beforehand how long the break should be. Unfortunately, this  
> information is
> not available through the current serial break handling API. This  
> patch works
> around the problem by requesting a 32767 characters break followed  
> by a 0
> characters break after the requested duration. The CPM will stop the  
> first
> break when the second one is requested. This might not work with  
> future CPM
> revisions.

What do you mean by future CPM revision?  Do you mean QE?

- k



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