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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:30:11 -0400
From: Hugo Villeneuve <hugo@hugovil.com>
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:08:25 +0200
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 01:53:48PM -0400, Hugo Villeneuve wrote:
> 
> > To help simplify code that check on the io type mode of the port.
> 
> ...
> 
> > +bool uart_iotype_legacy_io(enum uart_iotype iotype)
> 
> Why do we use 'legacy'? Still in use in modern CPUs...

TBH I do not remember exactly where i got this, but what would you
suggest?

Maybe:
  uart_iotype_io()


Hugo.