On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 08:17:27AM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > Hi Simon (and Greg this time), > > On Thursday 21 November 2013 13:40:38 Simon Horman wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 03:02:01PM +0100, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > This is the third version of the patch set adds device tree bindings for > > > the sh sci serial port devices and adds OF parsing to the sh-sci driver. > > > > > > The bindings are based on Bastian Hecht's proposal (see > > > http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg228129.html). The approach > > > taken > > > here is more minimalistic: instead of describing all hardware > > > characteristics that vary between the SCI device revisions in DT (such as > > > registers layout), that information is stored in the driver and selected > > > based on the compatible property value. Only SCI revisions used on ARM > > > devices are supported through DT, as DT support for SuperH is nowhere > > > down the line. > > > > > > Patches 01/29 to 06/29 clean up the sh-sci driver. Patches 07/29 to 27/29 > > > replace memory and interrupt resources passed through platform data with > > > platform resources. Beside replacing a custom mechanism with a standard > > > one, it will also make the DT parsing code simpler as resource allocation > > > will be shared between DT and non-DT code paths. Finally, patches 28/29 > > > to 29/29 add OF parsing to the sh-sci driver and create DT bindings > > > documentation. > > > > > > The patches have been test on a Lager board (r8a7790-based) and a Koelsch > > > board (r8a7791-based). Support for other SoCs will be added as needed. > > > Note that all current Renesas ARM SoCs seem to be compatible with the > > > generic (H)SCI(F)(AB) devices, but the plan is for their DT bindings to > > > list the SoC-specific version in case incompatibilities are found later. > > > > > > The series will need to be split in three parts to go to mainline. Patches > > > 01/29 to 07/29 should go through Greg's tree, patches 08/29 to 26/29 > > > through Simon's tree, and patches 27/29 to 29/29 through Greg's tree > > > again. Greg, when applying the first seven patches, could you please > > > provide a stable branch for Simon to base his branch on (I can send you a > > > pull request rebased on top of v3.13-rc1 if that can help) ? Simon will > > > in turn provide a stable branch to base the last three patches on. > > > > Perhaps you meant to CC Greg? > > Indeed :-) That's a mess, how about Simon just take all of these in his tree: Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
