linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] MIPS: dts: Add aliases node for lantiq danube serial

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:03:38 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Songjun Wu <songjun.wu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     hua.ma@...ux.intel.com, yixin.zhu@...ux.intel.com,
        chuanhua.lei@...el.com,
        "open list:RALINK MIPS ARCHITECTURE" <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
        qi-ming.wu@...el.com, linux-clk <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, DTML <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] MIPS: dts: Add aliases node for lantiq danube serial

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 7:40 AM, Songjun Wu <songjun.wu@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> Previous implementation uses a hard-coded register value to check if
> the current serial entity is the console entity.
> Now the lantiq serial driver uses the aliases for the index of the
> serial port.
> The lantiq danube serial dts are updated with aliases to support this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Songjun Wu <songjun.wu@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>
>  arch/mips/boot/dts/lantiq/danube.dtsi | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/dts/lantiq/danube.dtsi b/arch/mips/boot/dts/lantiq/danube.dtsi
> index 2dd950181f8a..7a9e15da6bd0 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/boot/dts/lantiq/danube.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/mips/boot/dts/lantiq/danube.dtsi
> @@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
>         #size-cells = <1>;
>         compatible = "lantiq,xway", "lantiq,danube";
>
> +       aliases {
> +               serial0 = &asc1;
> +       };
> +

You generally want the aliases to be part of the board specific file,
not every board numbers their serial ports in the same way.

       Arnd