From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: wsa@the-dreams.de (Wolfram Sang) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 17:44:27 +0100 Subject: [PATCH V3 06/12] ARM: shmobile: r7s72100: add scif nodes to dtsi In-Reply-To: <14375215.AZLobqST6Y@avalon> References: <1394208048-32495-1-git-send-email-wsa@the-dreams.de> <1930280.sZNcfhZEL8@avalon> <20140307162510.GF28943@katana> <14375215.AZLobqST6Y@avalon> Message-ID: <20140307164427.GI28943@katana> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org > > > As port usages is board specific, shouldn't this be moved to the board > > > .dts file, with only serial0 = &scif2 ? > > > > Nope, the intention of these aliases is to have a consistent numbering > > of SCIF cores, similar to platform.dev_id. > > But do we want that ? Isn't it better from a user point of view to have ttySC0 > regardless of whether scif2 or scif3 is used when the board has a single > serial port only ? Some prefer this, some that. The current standard pattern is what I implemented. I think consistency makes sense for my series. If you like to prefer another pattern, please start a discussion at the devicetree list. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: