Re: [PATCH] omap: make serial_in_override() address the right uart port

[Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>]

* Alexander Shishkin <virtuoso@slind.org> [100105 10:08]:
> On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 10:03:01 -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > * Alexander Shishkin <virtuoso@slind.org> [100105 08:56]:
> > > Commit f62349ee9788b1d94c55eb6c291d74a1f69bdd9e makes it possible to
> > > have some other than first uart port as ttyS0, which breaks the workaround
> > > serial_in_override() function which will try to address the first uart
> > > port (for ttyS0) and not the one that was initialized.
> > 
> > Nothing wrong with this patch.. But so we're back to having the ports move
> > around again? That sucks. I wonder if we can initialize dummy 8250 ports
> > somehow to keep the order correct to avoid confusion.
> 
> It doesn't seem like any solution to this problem will suck less than the
> current one, but let's think about it. My patch only addresses the issue I'm
> having with the current solution.

Agreed, we need to fix the problem first.

Regards,

Tony