Re: [PATCH] USB: serial: option: set driver_info for SIM5218 and compatibles

[Johan Hovold]

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 10:54:00AM +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> >> Regardless, setting the NCTRL flag should be harmless.
> >
> > Well, there are devices that depend on getting these requests, at least
> > for the QMI interface. But we can always revert if anyone complains.
> 
> The QMI interface doesn't even pretend to be a uart.  The other ones do,
> but there isn't actually any real uart behind them.  For instance, it
> doesn't matter what baud rate one sets.

Sure, but some devices still require "DTR" to be set for the QMI
interface, so there not being any real uart is no guarantee that there
is no firmware that expects these calls.

Johan