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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: of-serial: Remove device_type = "serial"
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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 19:00:44 +0200
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On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 04:35:27PM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
> Do not probe all serial drivers by of_serial.c which are using
> device_type = "serial"; property. Only drivers which have valid
> compatible strings listed in the driver should be probed.

Why?  This was added for some reason, what has changed since then?

greg k-h