[PATCH V4 3/3] powerpc/85xx: Add TWR-P1025 board support

Xie Xiaobo-R63061 r63061 at freescale.com
Fri Oct 25 20:49:51 EST 2013


Hi Scott,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wood Scott-B07421
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 1:04 AM
> To: Xie Xiaobo-R63061
> Cc: Wood Scott-B07421; linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org; Johnston Michael-
> R49610
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 3/3] powerpc/85xx: Add TWR-P1025 board support
> 
> On Wed, 2013-09-25 at 04:50 -0500, Xie Xiaobo-R63061 wrote:
> > > > +#if defined(CONFIG_SERIAL_QE)
> > > > +			/* On P1025TWR board, the UCC7 acted as UART port.
> > > > +			 * However, The UCC7's CTS pin is low level in
> default,
> > > > +			 * it will impact the transmission in full duplex
> > > > +			 * communication. So disable the Flow control pin
> PA18.
> > > > +			 * The UCC7 UART just can use RXD and TXD pins.
> > > > +			 */
> > > > +			par_io_config_pin(0, 18, 0, 0, 0, 0); #endif
> > >
> > > Any reason not to do this unconditionally?
> >
> > This is a board issue, the code already have a condition - defined
> > SERIAL_QE, and I will add a condition "if (machine_is(twr_p1025))".
> 
> My point was, is there any harm in doing this without regard to
> CONFIG_SERIAL_QE?

The CTS pin will be the pin of profibus if add a profibus expansion board in TWR system. If disable the pin unconditionally, it will affect the function of profibus.  

-Xie Xiaobo
> 
> -Scott
> 



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