Re: [PATCH v2] tty: ar933x_uart: add device tree support and binding documentation

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On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 11:49:41PM +0200, Gabor Juhos wrote:
> 2013.08.30. 23:13 keltezéssel, Greg Kroah-Hartman írta:
> > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:48:15AM +0200, Gabor Juhos wrote:
> >> Modify the probe routine to get the port line number
> >> from device tree if the 'of_node' is populated in the
> >> platform device. The driver can be built as module,
> >> thus add an OF specific module device table as well
> >> to support module auto loading.
> >>
> >> This makes it possible to use the driver for AR9330
> >> UART devices specified in device tree.
> >>
> >> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> Changes since v1:
> >>   - move the doc from bindings/tty/serial to bindings/serial
> >>
> >> The patch is agains the 'tty-next' branch of the
> >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git tree
> > 
> > No it isn't, it fails to apply here :(
> 
> Well, it was created on top of ...
> 
>   commit 9dfe59f15195b8c5bd4c2950266877c51fc329f0
>   Author: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>   Date:   Wed Aug 28 13:32:41 2013 -0700
> 
>       ARM: dts: msm: Update uartdm compatible strings
> 
>       Let's follow the ratified DT binding and use uartdm instead of
>       hsuart. This does break backwards compatibility but this
>       shouldn't be a problem because the uart driver isn't probing on
>       these devices without adding clock support (which isn't merged so
>       far).
> 
>       Cc: David Brown <davidb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>       Acked-by: Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>       Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>       Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ... and i can still apply the patch on top of that commit.
> 
> However the current tty-next tree contains the previous version of the patch:
> 
>   commit dd910d98a2e240443db0090b0ae8a719a4a460f8
>   Author: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>   Date:   Thu Aug 29 08:44:01 2013 +0200
> 
>       tty: ar933x_uart: add device tree support and binding documentation
> 
>     Modify the probe routine to get the port line number
>     from device tree if the 'of_node' is populated in the
>     platform device. The driver can be built as module,
>     thus add an OF specific module device table as well
>     to support module auto loading.
> 
>     This makes it possible to use the driver for AR9330
>     UART devices specified in device tree.
> 
>     Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> And that is the reason why you can't apply v2. Probably you have missed my
> preceding [1] mail.
> 
> What should I do now? Should I send a follow-up patch which moves the
> documentation from 'bindings/tty/serial' to bindings/serial?

As I can't apply this one, I guess a new patch that I can apply will be
the best, right?  :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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