Re: [PATCH 3/3] 8250_men_mcb: Make UART config auto configurable

From: andy . shevchenko
Date: Wed Jul 26 2023 - 04:51:10 EST


Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 01:15:14PM +0000, Rodríguez Barbarin, José Javier kirjoitti:
> The UART ports created by this driver were not usable out of
> the box, so let the configuration be handled by the 8250 UART
> subsystem. This makes the implementation simpler and the UART
> port more usable.
>
> The 8250 UART subsystem will take care of requesting the memory
> resources, but the driver needs to first read the register where
> the num ports is set, so a request of the resource is needed
> before registering the UART port.

I see this is already pending to the next cylce, but
formally I would like to NAK this change as explained
in reply to cover letter why.

...

Side note:

> uart.port.mapbase = (unsigned long) mem->start
> + data->offset[i];

Weird indentation and strange casting.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko