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