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Message-ID: <20240418084015.5db5a6a1@SWDEV2.connecttech.local>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:40:15 -0400
From: Parker Newman <parker@...est.io>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Parker Newman <pnewman@...necttech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] serial: exar: add Connect Tech serial cards to
Exar driver
On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:25:10 +0200
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 04:31:22PM -0400, Parker Newman wrote:
> > From: Parker Newman <pnewman@...necttech.com>
> >
> > Hello,
> > These patches add proper support for most of Connect Tech's (CTI) Exar
> > based serial cards. Previously, only a subset of CTI's cards would work
> > with the Exar driver while the rest required the CTI out-of-tree driver.
> > These patches are intended to phase out the out-of-tree driver.
> >
> > I am new to the mailing lists and contributing to the kernel so please
> > let me know if I have made any mistakes or if you have any feedback.
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Put missing PCI IDs in 8250_exar.c instead of pci_ids.h
> > - Split large patch into smaller ones
> >
> > Changes in v3:
> > - Refactored patches to be easier to follow (based on feedback of v2)
> > - Patch specific changes listed in corresponding patch
> >
> > Changes in v4:
> > - Rebased to tty-testing branch
> > - Removed v3 patch 8/8, "bug" didn't happen in current driver
> > - Patch specific changes listed in corresponding patch
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Parker Newman (7):
> > serial: exar: remove old Connect Tech setup
> > serial: exar: added a exar_get_nr_ports function
> > serial: exar: add optional board_init function
> > serial: exar: moved generic_rs485 further up in 8250_exar.c
> > serial: exar: add CTI cards to exar_get_nr_ports
> > serial: exar: add CTI specific setup code
> > serial: exar: fix checkpach warnings
> >
> > drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c | 981 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 916 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
>
> Nice, compared to your first version, this is less code overall in this
> file:
> 1 file changed, 1019 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)
>
> so the review process helped!
>
Yes thanks again for your patience. I learned a lot about the process :).
> All now applied to my tree, thanks for the revisions. And a follow-on
> patch to fix up the kbuild warning would be appreciated.
>
I will follow up with a mini-series now to fix the kbuild warnings and a
couple minor things mentioned by Ilpo.
Thanks,
Parker
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
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