On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 05:01:31PM +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> One additional thing below I missed on the first read.
>
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2022, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Apr 2022, Greg KH wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 03:24:43PM +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> > > > Add ADDRB to termbits to indicate 9th bit addressing mode. This change
> > > > is necessary for supporting devices with RS485 multipoint addressing
> > > > [*]. A later patch in the patch series adds support for Synopsys
> > > > Designware UART capable for 9th bit addressing mode. In this mode, 9th
> > > > bit is used to indicate an address (byte) within the communication
> > > > line. The 9th bit addressing mode is selected using ADDRB introduced by
> > > > an earlier patch.
> > > >
> > > > [*] Technically, RS485 is just an electronic spec and does not itself
> > > > specify the 9th bit addressing mode but 9th bit seems at least
> > > > "semi-standard" way to do addressing with RS485.
> > > >
> > > > Cc: linux-...@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <i...@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
> > > > Cc: Matt Turner <matts...@gmail.com>
> > > > Cc: linux-al...@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbog...@alpha.franken.de>
> > > > Cc: linux-m...@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <james.bottom...@hansenpartnership.com>
> > > > Cc: Helge Deller <del...@gmx.de>
> > > > Cc: linux-par...@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Cc: Michael Ellerman <m...@ellerman.id.au>
> > > > Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <b...@kernel.crashing.org>
> > > > Cc: Paul Mackerras <pau...@samba.org>
> > > > Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
> > > > Cc: "David S. Miller" <da...@davemloft.net>
> > > > Cc: sparcli...@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de>
> > > > Cc: linux-a...@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Cc: linux-...@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvi...@linux.intel.com>
> > > > ---
>
> > > > #define CMSPAR 010000000000 /* mark or space (stick)
> > > > parity */
> > > > #define CRTSCTS 020000000000 /* flow control */
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/termbits.h
> > > > b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/termbits.h
> > > > index ed18bc61f63d..c6a033732f39 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/termbits.h
> > > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/termbits.h
> > > > @@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ struct ktermios {
> > > > #define HUPCL 00040000
> > > >
> > > > #define CLOCAL 00100000
> > > > +#define ADDRB 004000000000 /* address bit */
> > > > #define CMSPAR 010000000000 /* mark or space (stick) parity
> > > > */
> > > > #define CRTSCTS 020000000000 /* flow control */
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/termbits.h
> > > > b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/termbits.h
> > > > index ce5ad5d0f105..5eb1d547b5c4 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/termbits.h
> > > > +++ b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/termbits.h
> > > > @@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ struct ktermios {
> > > > #define B3500000 0x00001012
> > > > #define B4000000 0x00001013 */
> > > > #define CIBAUD 0x100f0000 /* input baud rate (not used) */
> > > > +#define ADDRB 0x20000000 /* address bit */
> > > > #define CMSPAR 0x40000000 /* mark or space (stick) parity */
> > > > #define CRTSCTS 0x80000000 /* flow control */
> > >
> > > Why all the different values? Can't we pick one and use it for all
> > > arches? Having these be different in different arches and userspace
> > > should not be a thing for new fields, right?
>
> ADDRB value is the same for all archs (it's just this octal vs hex
> notation I've followed as per the nearby defines within the same file
> which makes them look different).
>
> Should I perhaps add to my cleanup list conversion of all those octal ones
> to hex?
Argh, yes, please, let's do that now, I totally missed that. Will let
us see how to unify them as well.
thanks,
greg k-h
