[PATCH] Use platform device for 8250 registration

[Kumar Gala]

On Aug 17, 2005, at 10:30 AM, Tom Rini wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 10:22:54AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>
>
>>> So long as you convert arch/ppc/boot/ to this as well, why not  
>>> (or at
>>> least being able to grab the infos from these structs somehow).
>>>
>>> Once everyone is on a flat tree, I don't object to killing all of  
>>> the
>>> old-style uart definitions steaming out of <asm-ppc/serial.h>.
>>>
>>
>> Tom, do have a test system that I can look at converting that you
>> would be willing to test the changes to arch/ppc/boot for me.
>>
>
> With Matt's patch, you could boot a PReP kernel (no VGA con) :)
> But if you convert LoPEC, I'll throw the kernel at it.

Does PReP use bootcode?  I thought it was OF based, but what do I know.

- kumar