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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/serial-rs485.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/serial-rs485.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6ebad75c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/serial-rs485.rst @@ -0,0 +1,131 @@ +=========================== +RS485 Serial Communications +=========================== + +1. Introduction +=============== + + EIA-485, also known as TIA/EIA-485 or RS-485, is a standard defining the + electrical characteristics of drivers and receivers for use in balanced + digital multipoint systems. + This standard is widely used for communications in industrial automation + because it can be used effectively over long distances and in electrically + noisy environments. + +2. Hardware-related Considerations +================================== + + Some CPUs/UARTs (e.g., Atmel AT91 or 16C950 UART) contain a built-in + half-duplex mode capable of automatically controlling line direction by + toggling RTS or DTR signals. That can be used to control external + half-duplex hardware like an RS485 transceiver or any RS232-connected + half-duplex devices like some modems. + + For these microcontrollers, the Linux driver should be made capable of + working in both modes, and proper ioctls (see later) should be made + available at user-level to allow switching from one mode to the other, and + vice versa. + +3. Data Structures Already Available in the Kernel +================================================== + + The Linux kernel provides the serial_rs485 structure (see [1]) to handle + RS485 communications. This data structure is used to set and configure RS485 + parameters in the platform data and in ioctls. + + The device tree can also provide RS485 boot time parameters (see [2] + for bindings). The driver is in charge of filling this data structure from + the values given by the device tree. + + Any driver for devices capable of working both as RS232 and RS485 should + implement the rs485_config callback and provide rs485_supported in the + uart_port structure. The serial core calls rs485_config to do the device + specific part in response to TIOCSRS485 ioctl (see below). The rs485_config + callback receives a pointer to a sanitizated serial_rs485 structure. The + serial_rs485 userspace provides is sanitized before calling rs485_config + using rs485_supported that indicates what RS485 features the driver supports + for the uart_port. TIOCGRS485 ioctl can be used to read back the + serial_rs485 structure matching to the current configuration. + +4. Usage from user-level +======================== + + From user-level, RS485 configuration can be get/set using the previous + ioctls. For instance, to set RS485 you can use the following code:: + + #include <linux/serial.h> + + /* Include definition for RS485 ioctls: TIOCGRS485 and TIOCSRS485 */ + #include <sys/ioctl.h> + + /* Open your specific device (e.g., /dev/mydevice): */ + int fd = open ("/dev/mydevice", O_RDWR); + if (fd < 0) { + /* Error handling. See errno. */ + } + + struct serial_rs485 rs485conf; + + /* Enable RS485 mode: */ + rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_ENABLED; + + /* Set logical level for RTS pin equal to 1 when sending: */ + rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND; + /* or, set logical level for RTS pin equal to 0 when sending: */ + rs485conf.flags &= ~(SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND); + + /* Set logical level for RTS pin equal to 1 after sending: */ + rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_RTS_AFTER_SEND; + /* or, set logical level for RTS pin equal to 0 after sending: */ + rs485conf.flags &= ~(SER_RS485_RTS_AFTER_SEND); + + /* Set rts delay before send, if needed: */ + rs485conf.delay_rts_before_send = ...; + + /* Set rts delay after send, if needed: */ + rs485conf.delay_rts_after_send = ...; + + /* Set this flag if you want to receive data even while sending data */ + rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_RX_DURING_TX; + + if (ioctl (fd, TIOCSRS485, &rs485conf) < 0) { + /* Error handling. See errno. */ + } + + /* Use read() and write() syscalls here... */ + + /* Close the device when finished: */ + if (close (fd) < 0) { + /* Error handling. See errno. */ + } + +5. Multipoint Addressing +======================== + + The Linux kernel provides addressing mode for multipoint RS-485 serial + communications line. The addressing mode is enabled with SER_RS485_ADDRB + flag in serial_rs485. Struct serial_rs485 has two additional flags and + fields for enabling receive and destination addresses. + + Address mode flags: + - SER_RS485_ADDRB: Enabled addressing mode (sets also ADDRB in termios). + - SER_RS485_ADDR_RECV: Receive (filter) address enabled. + - SER_RS485_ADDR_DEST: Set destination address. + + Address fields (enabled with corresponding SER_RS485_ADDR_* flag): + - addr_recv: Receive address. + - addr_dest: Destination address. + + Once a receive address is set, the communication can occur only with the + particular device and other peers are filtered out. It is left up to the + receiver side to enforce the filtering. Receive address will be cleared + if SER_RS485_ADDR_RECV is not set. + + Note: not all devices supporting RS485 support multipoint addressing. + +6. References +============= + + [1] include/uapi/linux/serial.h + + [2] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/rs485.txt |