Re: [PATCH/RFC 5/8] serial: pxa: Make the driver buildable for BCM7xxx set-top platforms

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On Wednesday 12 November 2014 00:46:30 Kevin Cernekee wrote:
> Remove the platform dependency in Kconfig and add an appropriate
> compatible string.  Note that BCM7401 has one 16550A-compatible UART
> in the UPG uart_clk domain, and two proprietary UARTs in the 27 MHz
> clock domain.  This driver handles the former one.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@xxxxxxxxx>

Can you explain why you are using the PXA serial driver instead of the
8250 driver, if this is 16550A compatible? I don't know the history
why PXA is using a separate driver.

	Arnd





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