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    serial: Fix incorrect rs485 polarity on uart open · d3b3404d
    Lukas Wunner authored
    Commit a6845e1e ("serial: core: Consider rs485 settings to drive
    RTS") sought to deassert RTS when opening an rs485-enabled uart port.
    That way, the transceiver does not occupy the bus until it transmits
    data.
    
    Unfortunately, the commit mixed up the logic and *asserted* RTS instead
    of *deasserting* it:
    
    The commit amended uart_port_dtr_rts(), which raises DTR and RTS when
    opening an rs232 port.  "Raising" actually means lowering the signal
    that's coming out of the uart, because an rs232 transceiver not only
    changes a signal's voltage level, it also *inverts* the signal.  See
    the simplified schematic in the MAX232 datasheet for an example:
    https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/max232.pdf
    
    So, to raise RTS on an rs232 port, TIOCM_RTS is *set* in port->mctrl
    and that results in the signal being driven low.
    
    In contrast to rs232, the signal level for rs485 Transmit Enable is the
    identity, not the inversion:  If the transceiver expects a "high" RTS
    signal for Transmit Enable, the signal coming out of the uart must also
    be high, so TIOCM_RTS must be *cleared* in port->mctrl.
    
    The commit did the exact opposite, but it's easy to see why given the
    confusing semantics of rs232 and rs485.  Fix it.
    
    Fixes: a6845e1e ("serial: core: Consider rs485 settings to drive RTS")
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.14+
    Cc: Rafael Gago Castano <rgc@hms.se>
    Cc: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
    Cc: Su Bao Cheng <baocheng.su@siemens.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/9395767847833f2f3193c49cde38501eeb3b5669.1639821059.git.lukas@wunner.deSigned-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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