linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/8] serial: exar: add optional board

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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:18:33 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Parker Newman <parker@...est.io>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	Parker Newman <pnewman@...necttech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/8] serial: exar: add optional board_init function

On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 08:55:31AM -0400, Parker Newman wrote:
> From: Parker Newman <pnewman@...necttech.com>
> 
> - Add an optional "board_init()" function pointer to struct
> exar8250_board which is called once during probe prior to setting up
> the ports.
> 
> - Fix several "missing identifier name" warnings from checkpatch in
> struct exar8250_platform and struct exar8250_board:
> 
> WARNING: function definition argument <arg> should also have an
> identifier name
> 
> - Fix warning from checkpatch:
> WARNING: please, no space before tabs
> + * 0^I^I2 ^IMode bit 0$
> 
> Changes in v3:
>  - Renamed board_setup to board_init.
>  - Changed pci_err to dev_err_probe
>  - Added note above about checkpatch fixes
> 
> Signed-off-by: Parker Newman <pnewman@...necttech.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
> index 388dd60ad23a..cf7900bd2974 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
> @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
>   *
>   * MPIO		Port	Function
>   * ----		----	--------
> - * 0		2 	Mode bit 0
> + * 0		2	Mode bit 0

This change isn't related to the exar8250_board change, right?

Just keep exar8250_board change as one patch, and the coding style
warning fixups as one for the very end, after you add all of your new
functionality.

thanks,

greg k-h