Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] powerpc/5200: Stop using device_type and port-number properties

From: Juergen Beisert <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:13:03 +0100

Am Mittwoch, 21. Januar 2009 21:55 schrieb Grant Likely:
> [...]
> The whole 'port-number' scheme for assigning numbers to PSC uarts was
> always rather half baked and just adds complexity. =A0Remove it from the
> driver. =A0After this patch is applied, PSC UART numbers are simply
> assigned from the order they are found in the device tree (just like
> all the other devices). =A0Userspace can query sysfs to determine what
> ttyPSC number is assigned to each PSC instance.

Arrghh, the next time we have to touch every oftree of our supported boards=
 to=20
keep it work. Does it ever end?

Juergen
=2D-=20
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