Re: [PATCH 2/2] MIPS: Alchemy: UARTs are 16550A

[Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:09:14 +0100
Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> UART autodetection breaks on the Au1300 but the IP blocks are
> identical, at least in the datasheets.
>
> Pass uart type on to the 8250 driver via platform data, and move
> the MSR quirk to another place sind autoconf() is now no longer
> called on init.
>
> Signed-off-by: Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Tested on DB1200 and DB1300.
> The mips parts apply on top of Ralf's mips-queue tree.
>
>  arch/mips/alchemy/common/platform.c |    4 +++-
>  drivers/serial/8250.c               |   13 +++++++------
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/common/platform.c b/arch/mips/alchemy/common/platform.c
> index 195e5b3..3be14b0 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/alchemy/common/platform.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/common/platform.c
> @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
>               .irq            = _irq,                         \
>               .regshift       = 2,                            \
>               .iotype         = UPIO_AU,                      \
> -             .flags          = UPF_SKIP_TEST | UPF_IOREMAP   \
> +             .flags          = UPF_SKIP_TEST | UPF_IOREMAP | \
> +                               UPF_FIXED_TYPE,               \
> +             .type           = PORT_16550A,                  \
>       }

The kernel which you patched differs from current mainline here. 

 

 I know, that's why I added "The mips parts apply on top of Ralf's mips-queue tree" below
the patch description.
If it makes it easier to apply, I could split this one in a mips and in a 8250 patch?

Thank you!
     Manuel Lauss