linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] serial/8250: Adjusting FIFO parameters for LPC32xx

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Date:	Sun, 27 May 2012 10:23:16 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Roland Stigge <stigge@...com.de>
Cc:	alan@...ux.intel.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kevin.wells@....com, srinivas.bakki@....com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] serial/8250: Adjusting FIFO parameters for LPC32xx

On Sunday 27 May 2012, Roland Stigge wrote:
> I did it via the following modification in of_serial.c:
> 
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/of_serial.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/of_serial.c
> @@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ static struct of_device_id __devinitdata of_platform_serial_table[] = {
>         { .compatible = "ns16450",  .data = (void *)PORT_16450, },
>         { .compatible = "ns16550a", .data = (void *)PORT_16550A, },
>         { .compatible = "ns16550",  .data = (void *)PORT_16550, },
> +       { .compatible = "ns16654",  .data = (void *)PORT_16654, },
>         { .compatible = "ns16750",  .data = (void *)PORT_16750, },
>         { .compatible = "ns16850",  .data = (void *)PORT_16850, },
>         { .compatible = "nvidia,tegra20-uart", .data = (void *)PORT_TEGRA, },
> 
> Works for now, will need to test more thoroughly with LPC32xx (note that
> the manual explicitly mentions "downwards compatible with the INS16Cx50"
> and "Register locations conform to ‘550 industry standard" but nothing
> about an EFR register which 16654 is configured for in 8250.c).
> 
> The patch should be useful in of_serial anyway (even without the LPC32xx
> case).
> 
> Wondering if it should rather be .compatible = "st16654"?
> Will prepare a patch with adjustment of Documentation/.../of-serial.txt when
> we agree on sth.

I think st16654 would be better than ns16654 here, yes.

Actually some of the other entries are wrong, too. The ns8250 entry should
be i8250, and I guess the 16750 and 16850 were also not made by national.

	Arnd
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