[PATCH] tty: serial: msm_serial: Use DT aliases

Arnd Bergmann
2014-11-08T19:25:22Z

On Friday 07 November 2014 13:35:45 Frank Rowand wrote:
> On 11/7/2014 1:47 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Thursday 06 November 2014 22:42:47 Frank Rowand wrote:
> >> This same change is also needed in:
> >>
> >> qcom-ipq8064.dtsi
> >> qcom-msm8960.dtsi
> >> qcom-apq8084.dtsi
> >> qcom-apq8064.dtsi
> >> qcom-msm8660.dtsi
> >>
> >> but I did not want to just blindly apply those changes without testing.
> >>
> >
> > Is there only one uart on each of these?
> >
> > If not, it would be better to put the aliases in the board specific file,
> > pointing to whichever ports are in use, in the order that makes sense
> > for that board.
>
> Good point, thanks for bringing it up.
>
> Your comment made me verify that the board dts files can override the
> aliases from the included .dtsi. So not a problem to have a default
> set of aliases in the .dtsi files.

I would think it's better to keep them in the per-board file out of
principle though.

Arnd