Re: [RFC PATCH 1/7] serial: Emulate break using control characters

2015-03-23 Thread One Thousand Gnomes
> > To be clear I included the patch in this series only because: > > > > 1. I couldn't figure out any way to send a serial break to the ARM > >Foundation Model making it impossible for me to provoke SysRq actions > >from interrupt context, > > Agreed, there's no direct way to do it (anno

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/7] serial: Emulate break using control characters

2015-03-23 Thread Dave Martin
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 03:28:37PM +, Daniel Thompson wrote: > On 20/03/15 14:28, Dave Martin wrote: > >On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 02:20:22PM +, Daniel Thompson wrote: > >>Currently the magic SysRq functions can accessed by sending a break on > >>the serial port. Unfortunately some networked s

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/7] serial: Emulate break using control characters

2015-03-23 Thread Daniel Thompson
On 20/03/15 14:28, Dave Martin wrote: On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 02:20:22PM +, Daniel Thompson wrote: Currently the magic SysRq functions can accessed by sending a break on the serial port. Unfortunately some networked serial proxies make it difficult to send a break meaning SysRq functions can

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/7] serial: Emulate break using control characters

2015-03-23 Thread Daniel Thompson
On 19/03/15 22:05, Peter Hurley wrote: [ + linux-serial ] Hi Daniel, I apologize for not reviewing this back in Sept when you first RFC'd this patch. No worries. The original RFC really was a "would anyone else find this useful?" question and that question seemed to be answered by the absen

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/7] serial: Emulate break using control characters

2015-03-20 Thread Dave Martin
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 02:20:22PM +, Daniel Thompson wrote: > Currently the magic SysRq functions can accessed by sending a break on > the serial port. Unfortunately some networked serial proxies make it > difficult to send a break meaning SysRq functions cannot be used. This > patch provides

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/7] serial: Emulate break using control characters

2015-03-19 Thread Peter Hurley
[ + linux-serial ] Hi Daniel, I apologize for not reviewing this back in Sept when you first RFC'd this patch. On 03/18/2015 10:20 AM, Daniel Thompson wrote: > Currently the magic SysRq functions can accessed by sending a break on > the serial port. Unfortunately some networked serial proxies m