[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/8] Convert lpuart serial driver to driver model

[Bhuvanchandra DV <bhuvanchandra.dv@toradex.com>]

Hi Simon,

On 01/22/2016 08:46 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 12 January 2016 at 02:30, Bhuvanchandra DV
> <bhuvanchandra.dv@toradex.com> wrote:
>> Hi Bin,
>>
>>
>> On 01/12/2016 12:21 PM, Bin Meng wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Bhuvanchandra,
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Bhuvanchandra DV
>>> <bhuvanchandra.dv@toradex.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Bin,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 01/12/2016 11:05 AM, Bin Meng wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Bhuvanchandra,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Bhuvanchandra DV
>>>>> <bhuvanchandra.dv@toradex.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Convert lpuart driver to driver model and remove the legacy code.
>>>>>> - Update Toradex Colibri VF50/VF61 serial support with driver model.
>>>>>> - Update Freescale vf610twr serial support with driver model.
>>>>>> - Update Freescale ls1021atwr serial support with driver model.
>>>>>> - Update Phytec pcm052 serial support with driver model.
>>>>>> - Tested the driver on Toradex Colibri VF50/VF61 hardware.
>>>>>> - Compile checked board files for vf610twr, ls1021atwr and pcm052
>>>>>>      since I don't have access to such hardware at my end. Reviewers
>>>>>>      and testers welcome!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bhuvanchandra DV (8):
>>>>>>      dm: lpuart: Add driver model support for the serial driver
>>>>>>      colibri_vf: Update enabling lpuart support with driver model
>>>>>>      arm: vf610twr: Add driver model support
>>>>>>      vf610twr: Update enabling lpuart with driver model
>>>>>>      arm: ls102xa: Add driver model support
>>>>>>      ls1021x: Update enabling lpuart with driver model
>>>>>>      arm: pcm052: Enable driver model support
>>>>>>      pcm052: Update enabling lpuart support with driver model
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     arch/arm/include/asm/arch-ls102xa/serial.h |  16 ++++
>>>>>>     arch/arm/include/asm/arch-vf610/serial.h   |  16 ++++
>>>>>>     board/freescale/ls1021atwr/ls1021atwr.c    |  15 ++-
>>>>>>     board/freescale/vf610twr/vf610twr.c        |  13 +++
>>>>>>     board/phytec/pcm052/pcm052.c               |  13 +++
>>>>>>     board/toradex/colibri_vf/colibri_vf.c      |  13 +++
>>>>>>     configs/ls1021atwr_nor_lpuart_defconfig    |   1 +
>>>>>>     configs/pcm052_defconfig                   |   1 +
>>>>>>     configs/vf610twr_defconfig                 |   1 +
>>>>>>     configs/vf610twr_nand_defconfig            |   1 +
>>>>>>     drivers/serial/Kconfig                     |   6 ++
>>>>>>     drivers/serial/serial_lpuart.c             | 148
>>>>>> +++++++++++++++--------------
>>>>>>     include/configs/colibri_vf.h               |   6 +-
>>>>>>     include/configs/ls1021atwr.h               |   1 +
>>>>>>     include/configs/pcm052.h                   |   6 +-
>>>>>>     include/configs/vf610twr.h                 |   6 +-
>>>>>>     16 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)
>>>>>>     create mode 100644 arch/arm/include/asm/arch-ls102xa/serial.h
>>>>>>     create mode 100644 arch/arm/include/asm/arch-vf610/serial.h
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Please see existing patch series @
>>>>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/561855/. You can drop the ls102xa
>>>>> changes and rebase your patch series on top of that. Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We are not aware of this patch set, sorry! about that. You want me to
>>>> drop
>>>> only the ls102xa changes? How about the changes/updates to the lpuart
>>>> driver? should i update them with your device tree support stuff and
>>>> rebase
>>>> the remaining patch set along with your Signed-off-by tag ?
>>>> Any suggestions ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I believe you can:
>>> - Drop the LPUART DM conversion patch in your series, which was already
>>> done
>>
>>
>> I believe that the patch set[1] is now _only_ supporting device tree enabled
>> boards, there are boards using lpuart which are not yet having device trees,
>> boards like vf610twr and Phytec pcm052. Even with driver model enabled i
>> guess these boards canont use lpuart via platform data with this patch set.
>> I think it would be nice to have the support for both platform data and
>> device tree so that we can use it with platform data via board files and
>> device tree too.
>>
>> Since only few boards are using lpuart driver we can update the driver
>> completly to driver model, drop the legacy code and update the boards.
>>
>> Seems the legacy code in lpuart driver is broken:
>> drivers/serial/serial_lpuart.c:148:9: error: too few arguments to function
>> '_lpuart_serial_tstc'
>>
>> I will test the patch set[1] atleast on Toradex Colibri VF50/VF61 h/w and
>> will provide a detailed report of my observations.
>>
>>
>> [1] http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/561855/
>>
>>> - Drop the ls1021atwr changes, which was already done
>>> - Do the similar changes to all other boards in your series, by
>>> following ls1021atwr changes in my series
>>> - There is no need to add my SOB tag in your series as I was actually
>>> not doing anything :)
>
> Please go ahead and post any new patches that are required here now
> that Bin's series has landed.

Will submit the new patchset ASAP.

>
> Regards,
> Simon
>

-- 
Best regards,
Bhuvan