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

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On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 08:04:35AM -0400, Peter Hurley wrote:
> 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.

Ok, feel free to send it then.

thanks,

greg k-h
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