[PATCH] Add support for the nwp serial device

Josh Boyer jwboyer at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Nov 21 01:13:45 EST 2008


On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 03:01:23PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>From: Benjamin Krill <ben at codiert.org>
>
>This patch adds support for the nwp serial device which is connected to
>a DCR bus. It uses the of_serial device driver to determine necessary
>properties from the device tree. The supported device is added as serial
>port number 84.

What does 'NWP' stand for, and how is it different from a regular serial
port?  Also, what platforms can this device be found on currently?

Some of that should be included in the changelog, but I'm curious as well
too.

josh



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