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Subject: Re: [PATCH] of_serial: Add UPF_FIXED_TYPE flag
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On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 18:24 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> I think we /probably/ want a similar change in legacy_serial.c, for
> soc
> ports at least.
> 
> Or do people have things that are compatible "ns16550" but aren't?
> 
Do we really want to keep of_serial.c ?

I fail to see the point in keeping -both- the of_serial (of_device
variant) and the legacy serial stuff which shims the device-tree into
platform devices.

They tend to clash with each other too, which is annoying.

Cheers,
Ben