Re: amba pl011 non amba/sbsa driver

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On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 09:56:39PM +0200, Ramon Fried wrote:
> Hi.
> Our upcoming SOC is using pl011 ip, but we have a different NOC than
> AMBA and we don't want to use the SBSA, as it provides limited
> functionality in the UART.
> 
> My question is should we develop a new driver or add more
> functionality to the current driver.
> The pl011 driver is a bit messy, and the functionality we actually
> need is actually supported in the current driver, but I can't
> differentiate my HW using AMBA id.

If it's the same IP block, please use the same driver.  That way it will
be easier to maintain over the long-term.

thanks,

greg k-h



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