[PATCH] [V2] powerpc: legacy_serial: reg-offset & shift aren't used
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Jul 8 08:00:04 EST 2008
> > - First if the properties are present but their value match the
> > register layout of a standard UART, we will bail out... not nice.
>
> Why would they be present in that case?
Why not ?
> > - Why don't we just implement support for the reg-shift and
> > offset instead ?
>
> Probably because the last time someone suggested that it spawned a
> lengthy debate about what reg-offset/shift were supposed to do.
That's lame, their definition is already quite there.
Ben.
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