Re: virtex_devices.c

["Grant Likely" <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>]

On 5/6/07, Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:
> On 5/6/07, David H. Lynch Jr. <dhlii@dlasys.net> wrote:
> >     The basic fundimental question is why is there an 8250 specific
> > structure,
> >     when there is a perfectly good generic structure that already exists ?
> >     Actually it seems to be even more complex than that because I think
> > there is actually an
> >     old_serial structure that is also used in places.
>
> I ask the opposite question; why try to make the 8250 structure
> generic when there is already a generic structure that does exactly
> what you want one level up?
>
> I *do* think that 8250 should be changed; but not in the way you're describing.

Although this point is actually moot because platform_bus pretty much
goes away when we move to arch/powerpc.  We'll be using
of_platform_devices instead (which map onto nodes in the device tree).

Cheers,
g.

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