From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] switch arc-uart to devicetree based probing Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:16:36 -0800 Message-ID: <20130116061636.GA5680@kroah.com> References: <1357885223-19243-1-git-send-email-vgupta@synopsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.19.201]:35518 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750877Ab3APGPh (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:15:37 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1357885223-19243-1-git-send-email-vgupta@synopsys.com> Sender: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org To: Vineet Gupta Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 11:50:19AM +0530, Vineet Gupta wrote: > Hi, > > As part of converting ARC Port to devicetree infrastructure, the following > series converts the arc-uart driver to DT. > > * The first patch is a bug-fix which showed up in the process as DT based > platform devices by default have -ve id > * Next two prepare the driver for forthcoming DT changes. > * Last one contains the DT bindings and driver using those. > > Couple of points worth mentioning: > * The earlyprintk portion of driver still relies on static platform data > we would need some earlyprintk handling in of_fdt_* to clean it up properly > * Two of the three platform data instances are now retrieved from DT. > However one still needs to be dynamically passed by platform (using > of_dev_auxdata) as we want to run same image in simulator and hardware > > Tested on in-works ARC 3.8 port. > > P.S. Greg, can this be treated as a bug-fix for 3.8 No, because it is not a bugfix, but a new feature, sorry. greg k-h