linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] 8250: Split Fintek PCIE to UART to independent file

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Date:	Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:24:36 +0800
From:	Peter Hung <hpeter@...il.com>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
	Rob Groner <rgroner@....com>
Cc:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
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	peter_hong@...tek.com.tw,
	Peter Hung <hpeter+linux_kernel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] 8250: Split Fintek PCIE to UART to independent file

Hi Sudip,

Sudip Mukherjee 於 2016/1/20 下午 02:22 寫道:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 10:59:28AM +0800, Peter Hung wrote:

> But my personal opinion, if we move out the serial port related code
> into a new driver (a new Kconfig symbol) userspace of many system will
> break if this new symbol is not enabled by the distributions. But in the
> way I have done the new symbol needs to be enabled only if the user
> wants to use the GPIO capability. If that is not enabled GPIO cannot be
> used but it will never break the serial port related code for them.
> I think we should give a thought to that before splitting out the codes
> from 8250_pci.

I agree with your opinion. I'm trying to implement GPIO with 2 ways,
One is like yours, add platform_device with in 8250_pci.c and implement
GPIOLIB platform driver with in 'driver/gpio", and the other is trying
split out from 8250_pci.c to MFD.

In my personal opinion, the first method is less impact with compatible
old system.
-- 
With Best Regards,
Peter Hung