When using half-duplex mode (which disables receiver during txing)
the RTS signal cannot be driven low during transmission. This seems
to be a limitation of the i.MX UART IP: The RTS (CTS_B) signal is
controlled by the receiver. When the receiver is disabled, the
signal stays in UART logic idle state which is high...

If SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND is used, RTS needs to be high active during
transmission. Since this is the default state of the RTS (CTS_B)
signal when the receiver is off, half-duplex mode in this
configuration works fine.

However, a low-active RTS signal (flag SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND not set)
cannot be generated when the receiver is turned off.

Print an error if the user selects this unsupported configuration
(both SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND and SER_RS485_RX_DURING_TX unset) and
configure the closest working configuration (set the
SER_RS485_RX_DURING_TX flag).

Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <ste...@agner.ch>
---
Changes since v1:
- Consistently check for sport->have_rtscts && !(rs485conf->flags &
  SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND)
- Don't break printed message

 drivers/tty/serial/imx.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index 91f3a1a5cb7f..1c1080fc8084 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -1833,6 +1833,11 @@ static int imx_uart_rs485_config(struct uart_port *port,
                rs485conf->flags &= ~SER_RS485_ENABLED;
 
        if (rs485conf->flags & SER_RS485_ENABLED) {
+               /* Enable receiver if low-active RTS signal is requested */
+               if (sport->have_rtscts &&
+                   !(rs485conf->flags & SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND))
+                       rs485conf->flags |= SER_RS485_RX_DURING_TX;
+
                /* disable transmitter */
                ucr2 = imx_uart_readl(sport, UCR2);
                if (rs485conf->flags & SER_RS485_RTS_AFTER_SEND)
@@ -2265,6 +2270,16 @@ static int imx_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
            (!sport->have_rtscts && !sport->have_rtsgpio))
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no RTS control, disabling rs485\n");
 
+       /*
+        * The RTS (CTS_B) signal cannot be set low during transmission
+        * in case the receiver is off (limitation of the i.MX UART IP).
+        */
+       if (sport->port.rs485.flags & SER_RS485_ENABLED && sport->have_rtscts &&
+           (!(sport->port.rs485.flags & SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND) &&
+            !(sport->port.rs485.flags & SER_RS485_RX_DURING_TX)))
+               dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+                       "low-active RTS not possible when receiver is off, 
enabling receiver\n");
+
        imx_uart_rs485_config(&sport->port, &sport->port.rs485);
 
        /* Disable interrupts before requesting them */
-- 
2.17.0

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