linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IOC3: Program UART predividers.

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Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:53:43 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IOC3: Program UART predividers.

Ralf Baechle wrote:
> The IOC3 driver's UART detection bits used to rely on the the firmware
> setting the UART pre-divider in a way that's apropriate for the 8250
> driver which doesn't currently program this register.  This happens
> to work for the console but not rarely for additional ports.
> 
> While at it, also program the UART to RS-232 PIO mode; it the UART might
> have been in mac-serial and/or DMA mode though that hasn't actually been
> observed in practice.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>

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