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authorLinus Torvalds2019-05-08 10:07:28 -0700
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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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+===========================
+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