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Date:   Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:09:48 +0200
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
To:     Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Cc:     Sheng Long Wang <china_shenglong@163.com>,
        Wang Sheng Long <shenglong.wang.ext@siemens.com>,
        johan@kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] usb-serial:cp210x: add support to software flow
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On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 07:32:58AM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> On 20.08.20 09:52, Sheng Long Wang wrote:
> > From: Wang Sheng Long <shenglong.wang.ext@siemens.com>
> > 
> > When data is transmitted between two serial ports,
> > the phenomenon of data loss often occurs. The two kinds
> > of flow control commonly used in serial communication
> > are hardware flow control and software flow control.
> > 
> > In serial communication, If you only use RX/TX/GND Pins, you
> > can't do hardware flow. So we often used software flow control
> > and prevent data loss. The user sets the software flow control
> > through the application program, and the application program
> > sets the software flow control mode for the serial port
> > chip through the driver.
> > 
> > For the cp210 serial port chip, its driver lacks the
> > software flow control setting code, so the user cannot set
> > the software flow control function through the application
> > program. This adds the missing software flow control.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Wang Sheng Long <shenglong.wang.ext@siemens.com>
> > 
> > Changes in v3:
> > -fixed code style, It mainly adjusts the code style acccording
> >  to kernel specification.
> 
> Patch does not apply. You forgot to rebase over latest tty/tty-next or
> linux master.

That should be the usb-next branch of the usb-serial tree:

	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/johan/usb-serial.git/

or linux-next (or, currently, Linus's master branch).

You can use "scripts/get_maintainer.sh --scm" to determine which tree to
base your work against.

Johan