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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:42:08 -0500 From: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@...rogate.com> To: Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [CFT:PATCH] Removing possible wrong asm/serial.h inclusions On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 09:52 +0100, Russell King wrote: > asm/serial.h is supposed to contain the definitions for the architecture > specific 8250 ports for the 8250 driver. It may also define BASE_BAUD, > but this is the base baud for the architecture specific ports _only_. > > Therefore, nothing other than the 8250 driver should be including this > header file. In order to move towards this goal, here is a patch which > removes some of the more obvious incorrect includes of the file. > > MIPS and PPC has rather a lot of stuff in asm/serial.h, some of it looks > related to non-8250 ports. Hence, it's not trivial to conclude that > these includes are indeed unnecessary, so can mips and ppc people please > test this patch carefully. ... > diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c > diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink.c b/drivers/char/synclink.c Acked-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@...rogate.com> -- Paul Fulghum Microgate Systems, Ltd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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