Re: [patch 6/6] serial8250: convert to the new platform device interface

From: Olaf Hering
Date: Tue Jan 17 2006 - 14:34:45 EST


On Mon, Jan 16, Kumar Gala wrote:

> > Mea Culpa - should've spotted that - that patch is actually rather
> > broken. platform_driver_register() can't be moved from where it
> > initially was.
>
> This seems to fix my issue on arch/powerpc and arch/ppc, please push to
> Linus ASAP.

This fixes also my pseries, p270. Too bad, the 8250 depends on
CONFIG_ISA now which is not selectable for CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES.
Is this patch the way to go for ppc64?

Index: linux-2.6.15/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.15.orig/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.15/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ menu "Bus options"

config ISA
bool "Support for ISA-bus hardware"
- depends on PPC_PREP || PPC_CHRP
+ depends on PPC_PREP || PPC_CHRP || PPC_PSERIES
select PPC_I8259
help
Find out whether you have ISA slots on your motherboard. ISA is the


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