linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] serial: make bugs field not specific to 8250 type uarts.

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Message-ID: <20111202005150.2e9fde43@bob.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:51:50 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, galak@...nel.crashing.org, scottwood@...escale.com,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] serial: make bugs field not specific to 8250 type
 uarts.

> Make the bugs field part of the globally visible struct
> uart_port and remove the 8250 specific one.

Except all the bits in it are 8250 specific things or names that are
meaningless in generic form - no. I also don't want to encourage flags
and bug bits. We already have too many and its making the code a mess.
So right now we want less not more.
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