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

Juergen Beisert jbe at pengutronix.de
Thu Jan 22 08:13:03 EST 2009


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.  Remove it from the
> driver.  After 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).  Userspace 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 
keep it work. Does it ever end?

Juergen
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