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Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:17:48 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org> To: linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linuxppc-embedded@...abs.org, paulkf@...rogate.com, takata@...ux-m32r.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [CFT:PATCH] Removing possible wrong asm/serial.h inclusions On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 09:52:44AM +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. The MIPS bits were just unused leftovers from the days when the arch code did did register serials & consoles. So for the MIPS bits: Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org> Ralf - 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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