From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/12] 8250: use the 8250 register interface not the legacy one Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:30:24 -0700 Message-ID: <20120627023024.GA13576@kroah.com> References: <20120622153600.1405.15575.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20120622154333.1405.21372.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:39355 "EHLO out3-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751159Ab2F0Ca0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:30:26 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120622154333.1405.21372.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 04:43:51PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > @@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ struct uart_port; > struct uart_8250_port; > > int serial8250_register_8250_port(struct uart_8250_port *); > -int serial8250_register_port(struct uart_port *); There are still in-kernel callers of this function, so I don't think it's safe to remove just yet, otherwise the build will break: drivers/char/mwave/mwavedd.c: return serial8250_register_port(&uart); drivers/misc/ibmasm/uart.c: sp->serial_line = serial8250_register_port(&uport); drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/ioc3-eth.c: serial8250_register_port(&port); drivers/tty/serial/of_serial.c: ret = serial8250_register_port(&port); I'm stopping here on this series, I've only applied the one that added the comment, that seems to be the only one that compiled properly :( Care to redo these please? thanks, greg k-h