[PATCH 1/2]: serial8250: Use native_io_delay on the x86

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Port 0x80 is not safe to use on all x86 boards (see
arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c), so use native_io_delay instead.

Signed-off-by: Simon Kagstrom <simon.kagstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/serial/8250.c |   12 +++++-------
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/serial/8250.c b/drivers/serial/8250.c
index c3db16b..b3007a4 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/8250.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/8250.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/serial_8250.h>
 #include <linux/nmi.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
@@ -1109,11 +1110,8 @@ static void autoconfig(struct uart_8250_port *up, unsigned int probeflags)
 		 * Do a simple existence test first; if we fail this,
 		 * there's no point trying anything else.
 		 *
-		 * 0x80 is used as a nonsense port to prevent against
-		 * false positives due to ISA bus float.  The
-		 * assumption is that 0x80 is a non-existent port;
-		 * which should be safe since include/asm/io.h also
-		 * makes this assumption.
+		 * The IO delay is used to prevent against false positives
+		 * due to ISA bus float.
 		 *
 		 * Note: this is safe as long as MCR bit 4 is clear
 		 * and the device is in "PC" mode.
@@ -1121,7 +1119,7 @@ static void autoconfig(struct uart_8250_port *up, unsigned int probeflags)
 		scratch = serial_inp(up, UART_IER);
 		serial_outp(up, UART_IER, 0);
 #ifdef __i386__
-		outb(0xff, 0x080);
+		native_io_delay();
 #endif
 		/*
 		 * Mask out IER[7:4] bits for test as some UARTs (e.g. TL
@@ -1130,7 +1128,7 @@ static void autoconfig(struct uart_8250_port *up, unsigned int probeflags)
 		scratch2 = serial_inp(up, UART_IER) & 0x0f;
 		serial_outp(up, UART_IER, 0x0F);
 #ifdef __i386__
-		outb(0, 0x080);
+		native_io_delay();
 #endif
 		scratch3 = serial_inp(up, UART_IER) & 0x0f;
 		serial_outp(up, UART_IER, scratch);
-- 
1.6.0.4

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