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Message-ID: <E0D41E29EB0DAC4E9F3FF173962E9E940253C6C560@dbde02.ent.ti.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 13:11:32 +0530
From: "G, Manjunath Kondaiah" <manjugk@...com>
To: Govindraj <govindraj.ti@...il.com>,
Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
CC: "Raja, Govindraj" <govindraj.raja@...com>,
"linux-omap@...r.kernel.org" <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCHv1 1/3] OMAP UART: Adds omap-serial driver support.
Govind,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-omap-owner@...r.kernel.org
> [mailto:linux-omap-owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Govindraj
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 11:44 AM
> To: Tony Lindgren
> Cc: Raja, Govindraj; linux-omap@...r.kernel.org;
> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCHv1 1/3] OMAP UART: Adds omap-serial driver support.
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Tony Lindgren
> <tony@...mide.com> wrote:
> > * Govindraj.R <govindraj.raja@...com> [090924 03:29]:
> >> From: Govindraj R <govindraj.raja@...com>
> >>
> >> This patch adds support for OMAP3430-HIGH SPEED UART Controller.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Govindraj R <govindraj.raja@...com>
> >> Reviewed-by: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> >> Reviewed-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
> >
> > You should only add Reviewed-by if Alan or me have replied with it.
> >
> > So far I've only replied with some comments that have not yet
> > been fixed, so we're few more steps from being Reviewd-by.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >> diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
> >> index 6553833..67a7129 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
> >> +++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
> >> @@ -1359,6 +1359,53 @@ config SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM
> >> Currently, only 8250 compatible ports are supported, but
> >> others can easily be added.
> >>
> >> +config SERIAL_OMAP
> >> + bool "OMAP serial port support"
> >> + depends on ARM && ARCH_OMAP
> >> + select SERIAL_CORE
> >> + help
> >> + If you have a machine based on an Texas Instruments
> OMAP CPU you
> >> + can enable its onboard serial ports by enabling this option.
> >> +
> >> +config SERIAL_OMAP_CONSOLE
> >> + bool "Console on OMAP serial port"
> >> + depends on SERIAL_OMAP
> >> + select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
> >> + help
> >> + If you have enabled the serial port on the Texas
> Instruments OMAP
> >> + CPU you can make it the console by answering Y to
> this option.
> >> +
> >> + Even if you say Y here, the currently visible virtual console
> >> + (/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console
> by default, but
> >> + you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as
> >> + "console=ttyS0". (Try "man bootparam" or see the
> documentation of
> >> + your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass
> options to the
> >> + kernel at boot time.)
> >> +
> >> +config SERIAL_OMAP_DMA_UART1
> >> + bool "UART1 DMA support"
> >> + depends on SERIAL_OMAP
> >> + help
> >> + If you have enabled the serial port on the Texas
> Instruments OMAP
> >> + CPU you can enable the DMA transfer on UART 1 by answering
> >> + to this option.
> >> +
> >> +config SERIAL_OMAP_DMA_UART2
> >> + bool "UART2 DMA support"
> >> + depends on SERIAL_OMAP
> >> + help
> >> + If you have enabled the serial port on the Texas
> Instruments OMAP
> >> + CPU you can enable the DMA transfer on UART 2 by answering
> >> + to this option.
> >> +
> >> +config SERIAL_OMAP_DMA_UART3
> >> + bool "UART3 DMA support"
> >> + depends on SERIAL_OMAP
> >> + help
> >> + If you have enabled the serial port on the Texas
> Instruments OMAP
> >> + CPU you can enable the DMA transfer on UART 3 by answering
> >> + to this option.
> >> +
> >> config SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM_NWPSERIAL
> >> tristate "NWP serial port driver"
> >> depends on PPC_OF && PPC_DCR
> >
> > There's absolutely no need for having Kconfig options for the DMA
> > support. Please pass that in platform_data from the board-*.c files.
> >
> > This is the third time I'm commenting on the same issue!
> >
> > What's the point of posting these patches for review if the issues
> > don't get solved?
>
>
> The omap-serial uart driver is designed to work either in interrupt
> mode or in DMA mode,
> We have provided this option so that one can select interrupt mode or
> DMA mode based on the uart usage, if somebody is using uart as console
> then interrupt mode will do, else if used with bluetooth which does
> huge data transfer then DMA mode can be selected.
>
> Don't you think this should be a configurable option using kconfig
> rather than passing as platform data?
>
> if used as platform data then one has to modify platform data to
> switch between the interrupt and DMA mode.
>
> Regards,
> Govindraj.R
>
>
Usage of UART is board dependent. It's usage will not change dynamically for
a given board. This can be removed from Kconfig and move it to respective
board file-> board-*.c
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Tony
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