[PATCH] Xilinx UART Lite 2.6.18 driver
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at sunsite.dk
Fri Oct 13 17:22:59 EST 2006
>>>>> "David" == David H Lynch <dhlii at dlasys.net> writes:
Hi,
David> Nobody has given me a reason yet why the UartLite should
David> init different from the 8250, and absent a reason, I would
David> mimic the 8250. I do not think there is reason for a different
David> routing name. The ml403 8250 init code deals with multiple
David> 8250's, I did the same with UartLite.
8250 is not the only serial driver. I think the reason why 8250 uses
it's own struct is simple that it's a really old driver. Newer drivers
like atmel_serial.c also uses the platform bus.
David> I am not sure I did nto follow everything on linux-serial -
David> but I think Peter was asked to remove support for additional
David> uarts. I am not sure why.
Remove support? I don't remember anything about that.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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