linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] serial: core: Remove unused PORT

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Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:22:48 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] serial: core: Remove unused PORT_* definitions

On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 02:12:29PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> For the last couple of years Linux kernel got rid of a few architectures
> and many platforms. Hence some PORT_* definitions in the serial_core.h
> become unused and redundant. Remove them for good.

Below are results via Debian Code Search.

Note, I excluded Linux kernel itself from the "user" and Hurd, which seems
to have Linux kernel v2.6 which is _provider_ of the definition(s).

...

> -#define PORT_RM9000	16	/* PMC-Sierra RM9xxx internal UART */

ifdeffed, safe to remove.

> -#define PORT_S3C2410    55
> -#define PORT_LH7A40X	57
> -#define PORT_S3C2440	61
> -#define PORT_MPSC	63
> -#define PORT_S3C2400	67
> -#define PORT_M32R_SIO	68
> -#define PORT_S3C2412	73
> -#define PORT_BFIN	75
> -#define PORT_BFIN_SPORT		79
> -#define PORT_MN10300		80
> -#define PORT_MN10300_CTS	81
> -#define PORT_NWPSERIAL	85
> -#define PORT_TILEGX	106
> -#define PORT_CRIS	112

Unused.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko