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@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
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
provide at least the following ioctls:
@@ -104,6 +108,9 @@
rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_RTS_AFTER_SEND;
rs485conf.delay_rts_after_send = ...;
+ /* Set this flag if you want to receive data even whilst sending data */
+ rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_RX_DURING_TX;
+
if (ioctl (fd, TIOCSRS485, &rs485conf) < 0) {
/* Error handling. See errno. */
}
@@ -118,3 +125,4 @@
5. REFERENCES
[1] include/linux/serial.h
+ [2] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/rs485.txt