linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 06/10] serial: sh-sci: Use private port ID

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUShe091nRnAqkL4RKwe21Oj7O95fK7UG_JcJ-aH72Cdg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 11:46:26 +0200
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Thierry Bultel <thierry.bultel.yh@...renesas.com>
Cc: thierry.bultel@...atsea.fr, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, 
	paul.barker.ct@...renesas.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 06/10] serial: sh-sci: Use private port ID

On Thu, 15 May 2025 at 16:19, Thierry Bultel
<thierry.bultel.yh@...renesas.com> wrote:
> New port types cannot be added in serial_core.h, which is shared with
> userspace.
> In order to support new port types, the coming new ones will have
> BIT(7) set in the id value, and in this case, uartport->type is
> set to PORT_GENERIC.
> This commit therefore changes all the places where the port type is
> read, by not relying on uartport->type but on the private
> value stored in struct sci_port.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Bultel <thierry.bultel.yh@...renesas.com>
> ---
> Changes v8->v9:
>  - Shrunk length od type & regtype
>  - Uses BIT(7) in id value
>  - Set sci_ports[0].type & sci_ports[0].regtype in scix_early_console_setup

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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