On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 10:09:56PM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote: > On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 11:36:00AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 11:22:38PM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote: > > > Add the driver for Bouffalolab UART IP which is found in Bouffalolab > > > SoCs such as bl808. > > > > New uarts are being created that are NOT 8250-like? Why???? > > Hi, > > I'm not sure I understand your meaning. I guess you mean writing the new > uart driver following 8250 style. And the latest example is > sunplus-uart.c, it can be used as an example how to write a 8250 style > driver for new non-8250 uart IP. No, I mean, "why are hardware designers creating new UARTs in 2023 that are NOT 8250-based"? Why do they want to constantly reinvent the wheel? thanks, greg k-h
