Hi Arnd,
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Friday 28 March 2014 09:09:23 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On the Renesas SoCs, where this thread started, you also have different
>> types of IP blocks providing similar functionality on the same SoC.
>> E.g. 3 types of serial ports, 2 types of i2c, (at least) 2 types of spi...
>> Hence one more level of confusion (is SoC serial0 the first serial port of
>> type A, B, or C?).
>
> The 'serial' aliases are defined to refer to UARTs only, there is no debate
> about that.
All 3 serial port types are UARTs.
For the serial ports, they are sufficiently similar to use the same driver.
For i2c and spi, that's not the case, and they use different drivers.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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