From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bryan O'Donoghue Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] serial: 8250: Add Quark X1000 to 8250 PCI driver Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:38:16 +0100 Message-ID: <541C4DE8.3010307@nexus-software.ie> References: <1411112629-3238-1-git-send-email-pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> <20140919105833.GB31784@xps8300> <541C14E7.8020208@nexus-software.ie> <1E478852902BF549B22CC4F16C2AE67C0F472359@PGSMSX108.gar.corp.intel.com> <541C295A.6020101@nexus-software.ie> <1E478852902BF549B22CC4F16C2AE67C0F47241C@PGSMSX108.gar.corp.intel.com> <541C2ED3.7080206@nexus-software.ie> <1E478852902BF549B22CC4F16C2AE67C0F4724D1@PGSMSX108.gar.corp.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1E478852902BF549B22CC4F16C2AE67C0F4724D1@PGSMSX108.gar.corp.intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: "Chew, Kean Ho" , "heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com" Cc: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" , "jslaby@suse.cz" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-serial@vger.kernel.org" List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org On 19/09/14 15:31, Chew, Kean Ho wrote: >> Hi Ho. >> >> Do you have an idea when ? >> >> I guess if we're saying the simple patch which works right now - should be >> rejected in favour of alternative code coming - then at a minimum could you >> please give an indication of when that alternative code will be available ? >> >> Otherwise I think it makes sense to enable the hardware now - using the >> bog-standard means of doing that - just like BYT and others :) > > Make sense. I go with Hekki's direction. > Great. So Hekki, are OK with the suggested path here then ? I think myself and Ho are pretty much in agreement. Apply the patch I've submitted to 8250_pci.c - and then do whatever mods are appropriate later to enable whatever you're doing quark_8250.c. I think, it'd be a win from a Galileo enabling point of view. Best, Bryan