On 27 December 2013 10:48, Greg KH <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 10:37:28AM +0530, Tushar Behera wrote:
>> The hard-coded values clash with the values set for amba-pl011 serial
>> driver. Because of this there is no serial output on Samsung boards
>> if amba-pl011 is enabled alongwith samsung-serial driver.
>>
>> Remove the hardcoded values and let the framework decide on
>> appropriate major/minor number. This is required for multi-platform
>> development work on Exynos platform.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tushar Behera <tushar.beh...@linaro.org>
>> ---
>> drivers/tty/serial/samsung.c | 4 ----
>> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/samsung.c b/drivers/tty/serial/samsung.c
>> index c1af04d..9c20543 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/samsung.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/samsung.c
>> @@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
>> /* UART name and device definitions */
>>
>> #define S3C24XX_SERIAL_NAME "ttySAC"
>> -#define S3C24XX_SERIAL_MAJOR 204
>> -#define S3C24XX_SERIAL_MINOR 64
>>
>> /* macros to change one thing to another */
>>
>> @@ -951,8 +949,6 @@ static struct uart_driver s3c24xx_uart_drv = {
>> .nr = CONFIG_SERIAL_SAMSUNG_UARTS,
>> .cons = S3C24XX_SERIAL_CONSOLE,
>> .dev_name = S3C24XX_SERIAL_NAME,
>> - .major = S3C24XX_SERIAL_MAJOR,
>> - .minor = S3C24XX_SERIAL_MINOR,
>
> Doesn't this break existing systems and configurations that are
> expecting 204:64 as the location of this serial port?
>
I tested this on Exynos4210-Origen, Exynos5250-Arndale board, it works
fine there. I haven't tested on any older boards.
> Why change this one and not the amba-pl011 driver?
>
I could only test this driver, so thought of changing this rather than
modifying amba-pl011 driver. I don't have any other reason.
> greg k-h
Thanks for reviewing.
--
Tushar Behera
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