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On 10/22/2010 12:23 PM, Ardelean, Andrei wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am porting MIPS Linux from MALTA to a new board. I ported early
> console code from malta_console.c and I am looking now to use a
> interrupt driven driver for TTY. My UART is compatible with 8250 (1 UART
> port only) but the UART registers are directly mapped in CPU memory map.
> There is no PCI bus. My problem is that the driver implemented in 8250.c
> is very complex and it seems to be hardcode for ISA bus, is it any
> simple platform UART driver available to be directly mapped in the CPU
> space? Can you give me some advice what would be a good approach for my
> case?
>

Many chips have 8250 compatible ports and use 8250.c.

See arch/mips/cavium-octeon/serial.c

David Daeny