[PATCH] ARM: meson: Fix UART compatible

Mark Rutland mark.rutland at arm.com
Mon Oct 13 03:13:37 PDT 2014


On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 08:20:24PM +0100, Carlo Caione wrote:
> Fix the compatible for the UART to make it consistent with the other
> compatibles for Meson6 and Meson8 and to avoid problems when the
> meson8b will be introduced with a different UART driver.

I don't follow why this would cause problems -- you simply wouldn't use
the "amlogic,meson-uart" string for a Meson8b UART because it's not
compatible with the programming model of the other UARTs.

> Signed-off-by: Carlo Caione <carlo at caione.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/meson.dtsi    | 8 ++++----
>  drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/meson.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/meson.dtsi
> index e6539ea..a0d34ee 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/meson.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/meson.dtsi
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
>  		};
>  
>  		uart_AO: serial at c81004c0 {
> -			compatible = "amlogic,meson-uart";
> +			compatible = "amlogic,meson6-uart";
>  			reg = <0xc81004c0 0x14>;
>  			interrupts = <0 90 1>;
>  			clocks = <&clk81>;
> @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
>  		};
>  
>  		uart_A: serial at c81084c0 {
> -			compatible = "amlogic,meson-uart";
> +			compatible = "amlogic,meson6-uart";
>  			reg = <0xc81084c0 0x14>;
>  			interrupts = <0 90 1>;
>  			clocks = <&clk81>;
> @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
>  		};
>  
>  		uart_B: serial at c81084dc {
> -			compatible = "amlogic,meson-uart";
> +			compatible = "amlogic,meson6-uart";
>  			reg = <0xc81084dc 0x14>;
>  			interrupts = <0 90 1>;
>  			clocks = <&clk81>;
> @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
>  		};
>  
>  		uart_C: serial at c8108700 {
> -			compatible = "amlogic,meson-uart";
> +			compatible = "amlogic,meson6-uart";
>  			reg = <0xc8108700 0x14>;
>  			interrupts = <0 90 1>;
>  			clocks = <&clk81>;
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c
> index 15c7497..4c3de09 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c
> @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ static int meson_uart_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  
>  static const struct of_device_id meson_uart_dt_match[] = {
> -	{ .compatible = "amlogic,meson-uart" },
> +	{ .compatible = "amlogic,meson6-uart" },

If this is already in a mainline release, we shouldn't be changing the
string unless we're absolutely certain no-one is adversely affected by
the removal. We can deprecate the old string while maintaining
compatibility, however.

There doesn't seem to be a binding document. Please could you add one?

Thanks,
Mark.

>  	{ /* sentinel */ },
>  };
>  MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, meson_uart_dt_match);
> @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static  struct platform_driver meson_uart_platform_driver = {
>  	.remove		= meson_uart_remove,
>  	.driver		= {
>  		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
> -		.name		= "meson_uart",
> +		.name		= "meson6_uart",
>  		.of_match_table	= meson_uart_dt_match,
>  	},
>  };
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
> 



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