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author | Linus Torvalds | 2019-05-08 10:07:28 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds | 2019-05-08 10:07:28 -0700 |
commit | b3a5e648f5917ea508ecab9a629028b186d38eae (patch) | |
tree | e1c5c57191defac0503c5b229db3cc874103b951 /Documentation/serial/serial-rs485.rst | |
parent | 132d68d37d33f1d0b9c1f507c8b4d64c27ecec8a (diff) | |
parent | 45c054d0815b1530d7c7ff8441389a0421dd05e7 (diff) |
Merge tag 'tty-5.2-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty
Pull tty/serial updates from Greg KH:
"Here is the "big" set of tty/serial driver patches for 5.2-rc1.
It's really pretty small, not much happening in this portion of the
kernel at the moment. When the "highlight" is the movement of the
documentation from .txt to .rst files, it's a good merge window.
There's a number of small fixes and updates over the various serial
drivers, and a new "tty null" driver for those embedded systems that
like to make things even smaller and not break things.
All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported
issues"
* tag 'tty-5.2-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty: (45 commits)
tty: serial: add driver for the SiFive UART
dt-bindings: serial: add documentation for the SiFive UART driver
serial: uartps: Add support for cts-override
dt-bindings: xilinx-uartps: Add support for cts-override
serial: milbeaut_usio: Fix error handling in probe and remove
tty: rocket: deprecate the rp_ioctl
tty: rocket: Remove RCPK_GET_STRUCT ioctl
tty: update obsolete termios comment
tty: serial_core: fix error code returned by uart_register_driver()
serial: 8250-mtk: modify baudrate setting
serial: 8250-mtk: add follow control
docs: serial: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst
serial: 8250_exar: Adjust IOT2000 matching
TTY: serial_core, add ->install
serial: Fix using plain integer instead of Null pointer
tty:serial_core: Spelling mistake
tty: Add NULL TTY driver
tty: vt: keyboard: Allow Unicode compose base char
Revert "tty: fix NULL pointer issue when tty_port ops is not set"
serial: Add Milbeaut serial control
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diff --git a/Documentation/serial/serial-rs485.rst b/Documentation/serial/serial-rs485.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6bc824f948f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/serial/serial-rs485.rst @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +=========================== +RS485 Serial Communications +=========================== + +1. Introduction +=============== + + EIA-485, also known as TIA/EIA-485 or RS-485, is a standard defining the + electrical characteristics of drivers and receivers for use in balanced + digital multipoint systems. + This standard is widely used for communications in industrial automation + because it can be used effectively over long distances and in electrically + noisy environments. + +2. Hardware-related Considerations +================================== + + Some CPUs/UARTs (e.g., Atmel AT91 or 16C950 UART) contain a built-in + half-duplex mode capable of automatically controlling line direction by + toggling RTS or DTR signals. That can be used to control external + half-duplex hardware like an RS485 transceiver or any RS232-connected + half-duplex devices like some modems. + + For these microcontrollers, the Linux driver should be made capable of + working in both modes, and proper ioctls (see later) should be made + available at user-level to allow switching from one mode to the other, and + vice versa. + +3. Data Structures Already Available in the Kernel +================================================== + + The Linux kernel provides the serial_rs485 structure (see [1]) to handle + RS485 communications. This data structure is used to set and configure RS485 + parameters in the platform data and in ioctls. + + The device tree can also provide RS485 boot time parameters (see [2] + for bindings). The driver is in charge of filling this data structure from + the values given by the device tree. + + Any driver for devices capable of working both as RS232 and RS485 should + implement the rs485_config callback in the uart_port structure. The + serial_core calls rs485_config to do the device specific part in response + to TIOCSRS485 and TIOCGRS485 ioctls (see below). The rs485_config callback + receives a pointer to struct serial_rs485. + +4. Usage from user-level +======================== + + From user-level, RS485 configuration can be get/set using the previous + ioctls. For instance, to set RS485 you can use the following code:: + + #include <linux/serial.h> + + /* Include definition for RS485 ioctls: TIOCGRS485 and TIOCSRS485 */ + #include <sys/ioctl.h> + + /* Open your specific device (e.g., /dev/mydevice): */ + int fd = open ("/dev/mydevice", O_RDWR); + if (fd < 0) { + /* Error handling. See errno. */ + } + + struct serial_rs485 rs485conf; + + /* Enable RS485 mode: */ + rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_ENABLED; + + /* Set logical level for RTS pin equal to 1 when sending: */ + rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND; + /* or, set logical level for RTS pin equal to 0 when sending: */ + rs485conf.flags &= ~(SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND); + + /* Set logical level for RTS pin equal to 1 after sending: */ + rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_RTS_AFTER_SEND; + /* or, set logical level for RTS pin equal to 0 after sending: */ + rs485conf.flags &= ~(SER_RS485_RTS_AFTER_SEND); + + /* Set rts delay before send, if needed: */ + rs485conf.delay_rts_before_send = ...; + + /* Set rts delay after send, if needed: */ + rs485conf.delay_rts_after_send = ...; + + /* Set this flag if you want to receive data even while sending data */ + rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_RX_DURING_TX; + + if (ioctl (fd, TIOCSRS485, &rs485conf) < 0) { + /* Error handling. See errno. */ + } + + /* Use read() and write() syscalls here... */ + + /* Close the device when finished: */ + if (close (fd) < 0) { + /* Error handling. See errno. */ + } + +5. References +============= + + [1] include/uapi/linux/serial.h + + [2] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/rs485.txt |