Bug#811351: additional request...

> I can add more verbose comments to mainline kernel .dts on how to > enable serial port, and how to select between rs232/485. Andrew, do > you want me to resend the current patches, or can it be done with an > incremental patch? Either, but incremental is probably easiest. Andrew

Bug#811351: additional request...

* Rick Thomas [2016-01-20 16:59]: > > However, Debian probably needs to provide its own documentation > > how to modify the .dtb (probably some example how to convert the > > dtb to source with dtc, then how to do the modifications, and > > compile the source back to dtb). >

Bug#811351: additional request...

> On Jan 20, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Aaro Koskinen wrote: > > I can add more verbose comments to mainline kernel .dts on how to > enable serial port, and how to select between rs232/485. Andrew, do > you want me to resend the current patches, or can it be done with an >

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Hi, On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 03:00:57AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote: > Andrew wrote > > Device tree is not particularly good for dynamic hardware. We would > > probably have to have two device tree blobs, one for MMC and one for > > RS232. I don't remember if this is just an issue for Base, or if > >

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Hi Aaro, Andrew wrote > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 11:55:19PM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote: >> >> On Jan 17, 2016, at 2:42 PM, Martin Michlmayr wrote: >>> * Andrew Lunn [2016-01-10 16:38]: Please can you try the following patch. If this works, i can add it to

Bug#811351: additional request...

> As per the above discussion, would it be possible to have the patch > comment the code, rather than delete it, so that people with a need > for the serial port could activate it? Maybe also add a note in the > /usr/share/doc/ as to how to perform the activation. FYI The patches go into the