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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, monstr@monstr.eu,
	stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] serial: of-serial: Remove device_type = "serial" registration
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:31:10 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3734018.A9aq7EmC6b@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ffb577a257d14087e1d2d0347a071f5aef519e52.1429005786.git.michal.simek@xilinx.com>

On Tuesday 14 April 2015 12:03:09 Michal Simek wrote:
> Do not probe all serial drivers by of_serial.c which are using
> device_type = "serial"; property. Only drivers which have valid
> compatible strings listed in the driver should be probed.
> 
> When PORT_UNKNOWN is setup probe will fail anyway.
> 
> Arnd quotation about driver historical background:
> "when I wrote that driver initially, the idea was that it would
> get used as a stub to hook up all other serial drivers but after
> that, the common code learned to create platform devices from DT"
> 
> This patch fix the problem with on the system with xilinx_uartps and
> 16550a where of_serial failed to register for xilinx_uartps and because
> of irq_dispose_mapping() removed irq_desc. Then when xilinx_uartps was asking
> for irq with request_irq() EINVAL is returned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>
> CC: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> ---
> 

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

      parent reply	other threads:[~2015-04-16  9:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-14 10:03 [PATCH v2] serial: of-serial: Remove device_type = "serial" registration Michal Simek
2015-04-15 11:08 ` Peter Hurley
2015-04-16  7:28   ` Michal Simek
2015-04-16  9:31 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]

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