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From: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru•mvista.com>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead•org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org, paulus@samba•org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb•de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Handle reg-shift property for of_serial ports
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:07:21 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <468FC849.20801@ru.mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1183827083.3066.64.camel@shinybook.infradead.org>

Hello.

David Woodhouse wrote:

>>Given the existence of the boards, it looks correct to do this.
>>However, I wonder if it was correct for the MV64660 to claim
>>compatibily witn ns16550 if the programming model is not exactly
>>the same. The official OF serial port bindings don't mention the
>>reg-shift property, so it maybe would have been better to have

   I'd preferred "reg-stride" or "reg-size" but see below...

>>a different value for the "compatible" property, in order not
>>to confuse existing operating systems that implement the standard. 

> Ok, how about 'sparse16550'? Otherwise identical to ns16550, but with

    Erm, wouldn't it be *too* generic approach?  I'd suggest to name the 
device with its own name and make of_serial.c recognize it and register with 
8250.c as needed.

> the reg-shift property. I'll send a patch shortly, and I'll reorder the
> match table -- if something claims compatibility with both 8250 and
> 16550, shouldn't we drive it as the latter?

    Certainly. BTW, was there really "ns8250" -- 8250 is Intel's chip?

WBR, Sergei

  reply	other threads:[~2007-07-07 17:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-07  4:58 [PATCH] Handle reg-shift property for of_serial ports David Woodhouse
2007-07-07 12:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-07-07 14:59   ` David Woodhouse
2007-07-07 16:51   ` David Woodhouse
2007-07-07 17:07     ` Sergei Shtylyov [this message]
2007-07-07 17:52       ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-07-07 22:15         ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-07-07 22:12       ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-07-07 17:55     ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-07-07 22:21       ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-07-07 22:06     ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-07-07 16:57   ` [PATCH 1/2] Add 'sparse16550' to of_serial.c and handle 'reg-shift' property David Woodhouse
2007-07-07 16:57   ` [PATCH 2/2] Add 'sparse16550' support to PowerPC bootwrapper David Woodhouse
2007-07-07 22:23   ` [PATCH] Handle reg-shift property for of_serial ports Segher Boessenkool

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