* Kevin Hilman <khil...@deeprootsystems.com> [090824 15:58]: > Grazvydas Ignotas <nota...@gmail.com> writes: > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Kevin > > Hilman<khil...@deeprootsystems.com> wrote: > >> Kalle Valo <kalle.v...@iki.fi> writes: > >> > >>> Omap tags are deprecrated and convert all OMAP_TAG_UART cases to use > >>> omap_uart_platform_data instead. > >>> > >>> Tested on rx51 and n8x0. Compile tested on omap_osk_5912. > >>> > >>> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.v...@iki.fi> > >> > >> Rather than converting all the omap_uart_configs into platform_data. > >> Any objections to just dropping the platform_data all together? > >> > >> This is only used for selecting which UARTs to enable at boot time, > >> and all the board files simply enable all the UARTs. > > > > Pandora wasn't enabling all UARTs, as did some other off-tree board > > (someone was posting UART questions on this list). This meant that > > UART3 was appearing as ttyS0 here, and after this patch it will appear > > as ttyS2, which means we will have to update our boot scripts. Not a > > huge deal but I'd prefer retaining platform_data. > > I think your boot scripts should be fixed. > > Your problem actually points out another justification for my patch. > Having all the UARTs enabled means that the ttyS* names will be > consistent across multiple boards and result in much more portable > userspace init.
Great, finally! The shifting of the UART numbering has been driving me crazy for years now. Will buy Kevin a pint. Tony -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
