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From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
To: Andre Werner <andre.werner@systec-electronic.com>
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, jirislaby@kernel.org,
	hvilleneuve@dimonoff.com, andy@kernel.org,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, lech.perczak@camlingroup.com,
	krzk+dt@kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org, robh@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [External Email] Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: serial: sc16is7xx: Add description for polling mode
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 14:39:18 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <23f351a1-4959-4492-9848-940618fdbccf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5582697e-bbf1-9a35-c5a4-52f09fdc6067@systec-electronic.com>

On 07/01/2025 09:49, Andre Werner wrote:
> Dear Krzysztof,
> 
> On Tue, 7 Jan 2025, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Jan 06, 2025 at 09:50:50AM +0100, Andre Werner wrote:
>>> Polling mode is enabled if the "interrupts" property is missing.
>>> Thus, this commit deletes "interrupts" entry from "required" section
>>> and adds a description for the fallback to polling mode at the
>>> "interrupts" entry.
>>
>> Can the device actually operate with interrupt line disconnected? I
>> skimmed through datasheet and they did not mention that as a valid
>> setup.
> 
> For polling mode the datasheet said:
> 
> In Polled mode (IER[3:0] = 0000) the status of the receiver and transmitter can be
> checked by polling the Line Status Register (LSR). This mode is an alternative to the FIFO
> Interrupt mode of operation where the status of the receiver and transmitter is
> automatically known by means of interrupts sent to the CPU.

I guess this would mean that line can be physically disconnected.

Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>

Best regards,
Krzysztof

      reply	other threads:[~2025-01-07 13:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-01-06  8:50 Andre Werner
2025-01-06  8:50 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] serial: sc16is7xx: Add polling feature if no IRQ usage possible Andre Werner
2025-01-07  6:48 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: serial: sc16is7xx: Add description for polling mode Krzysztof Kozlowski
2025-01-07  8:49   ` [External Email] " Andre Werner
2025-01-07 13:39     ` Krzysztof Kozlowski [this message]

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