From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk>
Cc: "Hugo Villeneuve" <hugo@hugovil.com>,
"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Jiri Slaby" <jirislaby@kernel.org>,
"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org,
"Hugo Villeneuve" <hvilleneuve@dimonoff.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/15] serial: core: add uart_iotype_mmio/legacy_io helper functions
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 11:48:12 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <afhdTI_jAQrIsPSZ@ashevche-desk.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2605030016120.23161@angie.orcam.me.uk>
On Sun, May 03, 2026 at 12:25:24AM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Apr 2026, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>
> > > +bool uart_iotype_legacy_io(enum uart_iotype iotype)
> >
> > Why do we use 'legacy'? Still in use in modern CPUs...
>
> Deprecated in PCIe and not available in numerous systems. Also actually
> called "legacy" in some serial port datasheets aged ~20 years now. While
> some contemporary CPUs indeed retain the port I/O address space, it's for
> legacy use anyway, you don't want to rely on it in new designs.
For the holder of the new (modern) CPU which supports the IO ports, this is
definitely not a legacy interface despite on whatever PCIe or other datasheets
call it.
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-04 8:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-28 17:53 [PATCH v2 00/15] serial: add new I/O type for SPI and I2C bus devices Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-28 17:53 ` [PATCH v2 01/15] serial: 8250_hub6: add hub6_match_port() Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-28 17:53 ` [PATCH v2 02/15] serial: core: add uart_iotype_mmio/legacy_io helper functions Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-30 15:08 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-04-30 15:30 ` Hugo Villeneuve
2026-05-01 11:48 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-05-02 23:25 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-05-04 8:48 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2026-05-04 11:44 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-05-04 14:30 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-05-04 15:20 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-05-04 15:59 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-04-28 17:53 ` [PATCH v2 03/15] serial: core: use uart_iotype_*() to simplify uart_match_port() Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-28 17:53 ` [PATCH v2 04/15] serial: core: use uart_iotype_*() to simplify uart_line_info() Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-28 17:53 ` [PATCH v2 05/15] serial: core: replace snprintf with more robust scnprintf Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-30 15:07 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-05-04 15:27 ` Hugo Villeneuve
2026-05-04 15:59 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-04-28 17:53 ` [PATCH v2 06/15] serial: core: fix indentation/alignment Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-28 17:53 ` [PATCH v2 07/15] serial: core: use uart_iotype_*() to simplify uart_report_port() Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-28 17:53 ` [PATCH v2 08/15] serial: earlycon: use uart_iotype_*() to simplify code Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-30 15:03 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-05-04 15:40 ` Hugo Villeneuve
2026-05-04 16:01 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-04-28 17:53 ` [PATCH v2 09/15] serial: 8250: " Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-28 17:53 ` [PATCH v2 10/15] serial: 8250_rsa: " Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-28 17:53 ` [PATCH v2 11/15] serial: core: add new I/O type for SPI and I2C bus devices Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-28 17:53 ` [PATCH v2 12/15] serial: sc16is7xx: use new UPIO_BUS as iotype Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-28 17:53 ` [PATCH v2 13/15] serial: max310x: " Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-28 17:54 ` [PATCH v2 14/15] serial: max3100: " Hugo Villeneuve
2026-04-28 17:54 ` [PATCH v2 15/15] serial: uniformize serial port I/O infos display Hugo Villeneuve
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