[PATCH v2 07/12] OMAP: Serial: Allow UART parameters to be configured from board file

[Tony Lindgren]

* Govindraj <govindraj.ti at gmail.com> [110504 03:03]:
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com> wrote:
> > * Govindraj.R <govindraj.raja at ti.com> [110429 05:39]:
> >> @@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ static void __init omap_2430sdp_init(void)
> >>       omap2430_i2c_init();
> >>
> >>       platform_add_devices(sdp2430_devices, ARRAY_SIZE(sdp2430_devices));
> >> -     omap_serial_init();
> >> +     omap_serial_init(NULL);
> >>       omap2_hsmmc_init(mmc);
> >>       omap2_usbfs_init(&sdp2430_usb_config);
> > ...
> >
> >>  static inline void board_serial_init(void)
> >>  {
> >> -     omap_serial_init();
> >> +     omap_serial_init(NULL);
> >>  }
> >
> > This change seems like "crazy churn" and probably not needed
> > if it's always null. Boards using platform_data can use
> > omap_serial_init_port instead, right?
> 
> We can intiliaze only one uart port with omap_serial_init_port.
> 
> omap_serial_init initializes all uart port.
> 
> During any client device integration using dma mode
> (for example Bluetooth) we can pass the dma config
> params based on the board & client device.

But you're changing all omap_serial_init() calls to
omap_serial_init(NULL) so there are no users for that.

It should be a separate patch if it's needed.

Tony