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Message-ID: <ZMD2N3qNIhsuwMIr@surfacebook>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jul 2023 13:32:23 +0300
From:   andy.shevchenko@...il.com
To:     andy.shevchenko@...il.com
Cc:     Rodríguez Barbarin, José Javier 
        <JoseJavier.Rodriguez@...gon.com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "jirislaby@...nel.org" <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        "morbidrsa@...il.com" <morbidrsa@...il.com>,
        "linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "jth@...nel.org" <jth@...nel.org>,
        Sanjuán García, Jorge 
        <Jorge.SanjuanGarcia@...gon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] 8250_men_mcb: Make UART config auto configurable

Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 11:44:46AM +0300, andy.shevchenko@...il.com kirjoitti:
> Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 01:15:14PM +0000, Rodríguez Barbarin, José Javier kirjoitti:
> > The UART ports created by this driver were not usable out of
> > the box, so let the configuration be handled by the 8250 UART
> > subsystem. This makes the implementation simpler and the UART
> > port more usable.
> > 
> > The 8250 UART subsystem will take care of requesting the memory
> > resources, but the driver needs to first read the register where
> > the num ports is set, so a request of the resource is needed
> > before registering the UART port.
> 
> I see this is already pending to the next cylce, but
> formally I would like to NAK this change as explained
> in reply to cover letter why.

Okay, after a bit of digging it seems not so bad as I was thinking initially.
The IRQ test requires specific flag which seems is not set in this case.
This removes my main worries.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko


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