On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 03:34:02PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > 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? haha, to be honest, I dunno the reason either. For me, the HW has been there and is linux capable, I want to mainline its support.
