[PATCH V3 1/6] tty: serial: meson: Drop the legacy compatible strings and clock code
Yu Tu
yu.tu at amlogic.com
Fri Dec 31 02:27:12 PST 2021
Hi Martin,
Thank you very much for your reply.
On 2021/12/31 6:22, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
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> On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 11:21 AM Yu Tu <yu.tu at amlogic.com> wrote:
>>
>> All mainline .dts files have been using the stable UART since Linux
>> 4.16. Drop the legacy compatible strings and related clock code.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yu Tu <yu.tu at amlogic.com>
> I have just realized that this cannot be dropped until my series "ARM:
> dts: meson: fix UART device-tree schema validation" [0] is merged
>
> [...]
>> -/* Legacy bindings, should be removed when no more used */
>> -OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(meson, "amlogic,meson-uart",
>> - meson_serial_early_console_setup);
> This part is still needed as long as above series is not merged yet.
> If we remove this then earlycon will stop working on the 32-bit SoCs
> unless [0] is merged.
>
> All other code below - except the of_device_id entry - can still be
> removed since meson8.dtsi and meson8b.dtsi are using the non-legacy
> clocks already.
>
> Sorry for only noticing this now.
>
I will add it back in the next patch and delete it after your submission
is merged.
>
> Best regards,
> Martin
>
>
> [0] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-amlogic/cover/20211227180026.4068352-1-martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com/
>
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