linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] of_serial: add support for setup quirks

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Date:	Mon, 9 Apr 2012 18:49:20 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>, alan@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] of_serial: add support for setup quirks

On Monday 09 April 2012, Dan Williams wrote:
> Benign conversion of of_serial.c to offer the option of 'setup' quirks
> similar to how 8250_pci.c houses the pci-serial-device quirks.
> 
> A setup quirk allows custom uart_port ops to specified in the
> of_serial_info data fed to each serial of_device_id.
> 
> Tegra's 'break' quirk is the target consumer.
> 
> Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>
> Cc: Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
> Cc: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/of_serial.c |   68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

I don't think this is a good idea. Aside from the bug that you introduce
(you can no longer have multiple ports of the same type because of overwrite
the static info->line number), it seems an unnecessary complication.
Either just add the quirk to the of_serial file based on the compatible value,
or do a trivial new driver that has a subset of the existing one you need,
plus the quirk.

	Arnd 
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