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Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 12:57:59 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>, Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>, NeilBrown <neil@...wn.name>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] UART slave device bus On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 12:54:15PM +0200, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > Hi Pavel, > > > Am 18.08.2016 um 12:47 schrieb Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>: > > > > > >> > >> Thereof 4 files, ~260 changes w/o gps demo and documentation/bindings. > > > > So what do you use for the serial devices? platform_device was vetoed > > for that purpose by Greg. > > device tree? No. This patchset from Rob is the way I have been saying it should be done for years now. Yes, a "bus" takes up more boilerplate code (blame me for that), but overall, it makes the drivers simpler, and fits into the rest of the kernel driver/device model much better. greg k-h
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