From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from kuuvir01.barco.com (kuu212123311.barco.com [212.123.3.11]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 025F467BFD for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:23:01 +1000 (EST) Received: from peko by sleipner.barco.com with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GYHNj-0002gl-2S for linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:22:59 +0200 From: Peter Korsgaard To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Xilinx UART Lite 2.6.18 driver References: <609d5c8e0610101349w64cdd4ecjc5359ad8d1f5d635@mail.gmail.com> <87ac41esap.fsf@sleipner.barco.com> <609d5c8e0610121412o1288ef6i667b908597bf3d76@mail.gmail.com> <609d5c8e0610122221i7c5e5049n4db5fcf3f61bd132@mail.gmail.com> <452F3A82.7070803@dlasys.net> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:22:59 +0200 In-Reply-To: <452F3A82.7070803@dlasys.net> (David H. Lynch, Jr.'s message of "Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:04:34 -0400") Message-ID: <871wpcvfvw.fsf@sleipner.barco.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , >>>>> "David" == David H Lynch writes: Hi, David> Nobody has given me a reason yet why the UartLite should David> init different from the 8250, and absent a reason, I would David> mimic the 8250. I do not think there is reason for a different David> routing name. The ml403 8250 init code deals with multiple David> 8250's, I did the same with UartLite. 8250 is not the only serial driver. I think the reason why 8250 uses it's own struct is simple that it's a really old driver. Newer drivers like atmel_serial.c also uses the platform bus. David> I am not sure I did nto follow everything on linux-serial - David> but I think Peter was asked to remove support for additional David> uarts. I am not sure why. Remove support? I don't remember anything about that. -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard