Re: [PATCH v3] serial: 8250: Split base port operations from universal driver

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On 04/28/2015 07:44 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 03:53:50PM -0400, Peter Hurley wrote:
>> Refactor base port operations into new file; 8250_port.c.
>>
>> Legacy irq handling, RSA port support, port storage for universal
>> driver, driver definition, module parameters and linkage remain in
>> 8250_core.c
>>
>> The source file split and resulting modules is diagrammed below:
>>
>>   8250_core.c ====>   8250_core.c __
>>               \                     \
>>                \                     +-- 8250.ko (alias 8250_core)
>>                 \     8250_pnp.c  __/     (universal driver)
>>                  \
>>                   =>  8250_port.c __
>>                                     \
>>                                      +-- 8250_base.ko
>>                       8250_dma.c  __/     (port operations)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> v3: Rebased on top of earlycon regression fix
> 
> Doesn't apply cleanly to 4.1-rc1, can you refresh it?

I can but if you apply this file split to -next and any changes/fixes
are made to 8250_core.c in mainline during this release cycle, the next
merge window will be a nightmare.

I think this should wait until -rc5 or so.

Regards,
Peter Hurley



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