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From: Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@gmail.com>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Cc: Andrey Panin <pazke@centrinvest.ru>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: How to access serial port that is set in BIOS as OS Controlled
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:59:04 +0800 (SGT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1108130553490.22593@boston.corp.fedex.com> (raw)



On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 2:07 AM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> 
wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:01 AM, Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> I think this is all working as expected now.  PNP automatically 
> configures the port and enables it.  The 8250_pnp driver automatically 
> claims it.  And I assume the port "just works" without any setserial or 
> sysfs manipulations at all.  Does that solve your issue?

Yes, it solved my issue:) Big thanks to you!


> We need to think a bit more about whether this the right approach for 
> handling _SRS and whether it's in the right place.  But I think this is 
> a start, at least.

Agreed.

Please push the patch to Linus so he can include it to his tree to solve 
os-controlled devices so they can automatically be used under Linux.


Thank you Andrey and Bjorn for helping out!


Thanks,
Jeff

             reply	other threads:[~2011-08-12 21:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-12 21:59 Jeff Chua [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-08-12  7:01 Jeff Chua
2011-08-12 18:07 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2011-08-11  9:07 Jeff Chua
2011-08-11 21:49 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2011-07-28  5:43 Jeff Chua
2011-08-04 10:56 ` Andrey Panin
2011-08-04 17:39   ` Bjorn Helgaas
     [not found]     ` <CAAJw_ZvZEn0qVG3JVfEWFQbOSjVUCJhBwQ2Dw5KQyDx2kY4xbA@mail.gmail.com>
2011-08-05 15:20       ` Bjorn Helgaas
     [not found]         ` <CAAJw_ZvxQQ9-QrSiv9-Y4yCun4W0xvAD3OcdL8gS_hN9FE1rkQ@mail.gmail.com>
2011-08-10 16:46           ` Bjorn Helgaas

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