linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 32/47] serial: ucc_uart: use of_property_read_u32() in ucc_uart

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Date:   Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:35:58 -0600
From:   Timur Tabi <timur@...nel.org>
To:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:     Qiang Zhao <qiang.zhao@....com>, Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Scott Wood <oss@...error.net>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 32/47] serial: ucc_uart: use of_property_read_u32() in
 ucc_uart_probe()

On 11/15/19 2:01 AM, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> That would be a separate patch, this patch is only concerned with
> eliminating the implicit assumption of the host being big-endian. And
> there's already been some pushback to adding arch-specific ifdefs (which
> I agree with, but as I responded there see as the lesser evil), so
> unless there's a very good reason to add that complexity, I'd rather not.

We don't want to encourage people to introduce device trees that don't 
have the brg-frequency property in them.