Re: [PATCH 2/5] serial: core: add sysfs attribute to suppress ready signalling on open

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Nov 30 2020 - 13:27:50 EST


On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 5:42 PM Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add a nordy sysfs attribute to suppress raising the modem-control lines
> on open to signal DTE readiness.

Why not call it nomctrl ?

> This can be use to prevent undesirable side-effects on open for

used

> applications where the DTR and RTS lines are used for non-standard
> purposes such as generating power-on and reset pulses.

...

> +static ssize_t nordy_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> + const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> + struct tty_port *port = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> + unsigned int val;
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = kstrtouint(buf, 0, &val);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;

> + if (val > 1)
> + return -EINVAL;

Can't we utilise kstrtobool() instead?

> + tty_port_set_nordy(port, val);
> +
> + return count;
> +}

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko