Re: [PATCH 1/2] Define FIXED_PORT flag for serial_core

2007-03-01 Thread David Gibson
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 10:30:04AM +, Russell King wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 10:44:24AM +1100, David Gibson wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:26:30PM +, Russell King wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 02:19:51PM +1100, David Gibson wrote: > > > > Therefore, this patch defines a

Re: [PATCH 1/2] Define FIXED_PORT flag for serial_core

2007-03-01 Thread Russell King
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 10:44:24AM +1100, David Gibson wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:26:30PM +, Russell King wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 02:19:51PM +1100, David Gibson wrote: > > > Therefore, this patch defines a UPF_FIXED_PORT flag for the uart_port > > > structure. If this flag

Re: [PATCH 1/2] Define FIXED_PORT flag for serial_core

2007-02-28 Thread David Gibson
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:26:30PM +, Russell King wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 02:19:51PM +1100, David Gibson wrote: > > Therefore, this patch defines a UPF_FIXED_PORT flag for the uart_port > > structure. If this flag is set when the serial port is configured, > > any attempts to alter t

Re: [PATCH 1/2] Define FIXED_PORT flag for serial_core

2007-02-28 Thread Russell King
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 02:19:51PM +1100, David Gibson wrote: > Therefore, this patch defines a UPF_FIXED_PORT flag for the uart_port > structure. If this flag is set when the serial port is configured, > any attempts to alter the port's type, io address, irq or base clock > with setserial are ign

Re: [PATCH 1/2] Define FIXED_PORT flag for serial_core

2007-02-20 Thread Alan
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:19:51 +1100 (EST) David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At present, the serial core always allows setserial in userspace to > change the port address, irq and base clock of any serial port. That > makes sense for legacy ISA ports, but not for (say) embedded ns16550 > co

[PATCH 1/2] Define FIXED_PORT flag for serial_core

2007-02-19 Thread David Gibson
At present, the serial core always allows setserial in userspace to change the port address, irq and base clock of any serial port. That makes sense for legacy ISA ports, but not for (say) embedded ns16550 compatible serial ports at peculiar addresses. In these cases, the kernel code configuring