On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 04:45:08PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > Well, "depends on MIPS || PCI" was intentional. The driver can be > > used for both TX39/TX49 internal SIO and TC86C001 PCI chip. TC86C001 > > chip can be available for any platform with PCI bus (though I have > > never seen it on platform other than MIPS ...) > > There is at least one device that uses the same uart on a non-MIPS > platform. I'll submit a patch once I have it working. > > > So I suppose "depends on HAS_TXX9_SERIAL || PCI" might be better, but > > Ralf's patch will be OK for now. > > Right. There is however one bigger problem with the original patch: > It removes the driver for tx3912 and adds one for tx3927/tx49xx. > AFAICS, the 3912 has a very different register layout from the other > chips, so the old driver must not be removed yet.
Hmm... Atushi sent me this new-style serial driver when I asked him for replacements for the old style drivers in drivers/char/ so my undertanding was it was a full replacement for all of them. I'll check on the tx3912 and will try to send an update later today. Ralf - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
