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From: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-m68k <linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	"open list:SERIAL DRIVERS" <linux-serial@vger.kernel.org>,
	Brad Boyer <brad@allandria.com>,
	linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	Joshua Thompson <funaho@jurai.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: pmac_zilog: don't init if zilog is not available
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:21:11 +1100 (AEDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.23.453.2010231412260.6@nippy.intranet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdVbo2C1yZ5E_A3L8J1zZigO8i8m5AFUTn9SjbY1sx16kA@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> 
> Thanks for your patch...
> 

You're welcome.

> I can't say I'm a fan of this...
> 

Sorry.

> 
> The real issue is this "extern struct platform_device scc_a_pdev, 
> scc_b_pdev", circumventing the driver framework.
> 
> Can we get rid of that?
> 

Is there a better alternative?

pmz_probe() is called by console_initcall(pmz_console_init) when 
CONFIG_SERIAL_PMACZILOG_CONSOLE=y because this has to happen earlier than 
the normal platform bus probing which takes place later as a typical 
module_initcall.

  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-23  3:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-20 16:23 [PATCH] serial: pmac_zilog: don't init if zilog is not available Laurent Vivier
2020-10-20 16:28 ` Greg KH
2020-10-20 16:37   ` Laurent Vivier
2020-10-20 17:37     ` Greg KH
2020-10-20 18:19       ` Laurent Vivier
2020-10-20 18:32         ` Greg KH
2020-10-20 18:42           ` Laurent Vivier
2020-10-20 22:44             ` Brad Boyer
2020-10-20 23:43               ` Finn Thain
2020-10-21  7:54                 ` Laurent Vivier
2020-10-22  3:23                   ` Finn Thain
2020-10-22  7:16                     ` Laurent Vivier
2020-10-22  7:26                     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-10-23  3:21                       ` Finn Thain [this message]
2020-10-22  2:52             ` Michael Ellerman

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