Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 05:08:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 05:08:35 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:46861 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 05:08:34 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 10:14:25 +0100 From: Russell King To: Romain Lievin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Serial API ('serport' ?) Message-ID: <20021014101425.A32186@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20021014090755.GB2911@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20021014090755.GB2911@free.fr>; from rlievin@free.fr on Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 11:07:55AM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1055 Lines: 25 On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 11:07:55AM +0200, Romain Lievin wrote: > I would like to know whether a kind of parport exists for the serial ports. Not currently. > This will allow me to do some low level accesses on the serial port pins > (CTS/RTS & DSR/DTR). I need to implement a bit-banging access on the serial > port which can coexist with the other serial ports. Although these are available to user space, they're not easily controlled from anything outside the serial driver at the moment. I'm aware of this limitation, and it needs to be fixed; there are keyboards (eg) for the iPAQ that need to bitbang these signals. Unfortunately that doesn't help you. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/