[PATCH] Use platform device for 8250 registration

[Tom Rini]

On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 11:16:39AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
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> On Aug 17, 2005, at 10:30 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
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> >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.

In qemu?  Yes, it does.

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Tom Rini
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