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From: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
To: Clemens Koller <clemens.koller@anagramm.de>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: Oops: of_platform_serial_probe
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:34:59 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4741BB33.6060206@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4741B934.90400@anagramm.de>

Clemens Koller wrote:
> Timur Tabi schrieb:
>  > Clemens Koller wrote:
>  >
>  >> I guess I didn't configure the OF serial right in the .dts but it still
>  >> shouldn't crash. My .config is attached.
>  >
>  > Try disabling CONFIG_SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM.  I don't think it means what
>  > you think it means.
> 
> Thanks, disabling CONFIG_SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM helps. but it still 
> shouldn't crash...

That's a bug in the OF serial driver.  It's expecting fields in the serial 
node that don't exist.  You are right, however.  The driver should at least 
check for NULL pointers.  If I had any hardware that used that driver, I would 
fix it myself.

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale

  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-19 16:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-19 13:46 Oops: of_platform_serial_probe Clemens Koller
2007-11-19 15:04 ` Timur Tabi
2007-11-19 16:26   ` Clemens Koller
2007-11-19 16:34     ` Timur Tabi [this message]
2007-11-19 16:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-11-20 10:52   ` Clemens Koller
2007-11-20 12:05     ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-11-20 12:49       ` Clemens Koller

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