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Message-ID: <Y/HOvIMTE5XZaelm@kroah.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 08:24:44 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Ramon Fried <rfried.dev@...il.com>
Cc: linux@...linux.org.uk, jirislaby@...nel.org,
linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
Subject: Re: amba pl011 non amba/sbsa driver
On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 09:56:39PM +0200, Ramon Fried wrote:
> Hi.
> Our upcoming SOC is using pl011 ip, but we have a different NOC than
> AMBA and we don't want to use the SBSA, as it provides limited
> functionality in the UART.
>
> My question is should we develop a new driver or add more
> functionality to the current driver.
> The pl011 driver is a bit messy, and the functionality we actually
> need is actually supported in the current driver, but I can't
> differentiate my HW using AMBA id.
If it's the same IP block, please use the same driver. That way it will
be easier to maintain over the long-term.
thanks,
greg k-h
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