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authorAlan Cox <alan@redhat.com>2008-07-22 11:17:16 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-22 13:03:27 -0700
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specialix: Code cleanups
Go through the inlines and other oddments that are iffy. Remove various bits of dead code and bogus debug. Turn the crtsdts compile time option into a runtime switch. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ The pinout of the connectors on the IO8+ is:
Hardware handshaking issues.
============================
-The driver can be compiled in two different ways. The default
-("Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS" is off) the pin behaves as DTR when
+The driver can be told to operate in two different ways. The default
+behaviour is specialix.sx_rtscts = 0 where the pin behaves as DTR when
hardware handshaking is off. It behaves as the RTS hardware
handshaking signal when hardware handshaking is selected.
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ cable will either be compatible with hardware handshaking or with
software handshaking. So switching on the fly is not really an
option.
-I actually prefer to use the "Specialix DTR/RTS pin is RTS" option.
+I actually prefer to use the "specialix.sx_rtscts=1" option.
This makes the DTR/RTS pin always an RTS pin, and ioctls to
change DTR are always ignored. I have a cable that is configured
for this.
@@ -379,7 +379,5 @@ it doesn't fit in your computer, bring back the card.
You have to WRITE to the address register to even
read-probe a CD186x register. Disable autodetection?
-- Specialix: any suggestions?
- - Arbitrary baud rates are not implemented yet.
- If you need this, bug me about it.