[PATCH v5 10/12] serial: 8250: add Ambarella UART driver
Andy Shevchenko
andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com
Thu Sep 3 05:53:08 PDT 2026
On Thu, Sep 03, 2026 at 07:56:17PM +0800, zl020895 wrote:
>
> Thanks for the confirmation.
> I will keep 8250_ambarella and update the commit message as you
> suggested.
No, I mean to go back to the version that modifies 8250_dw.
> At 2026-09-03 19:40:54, "Andy Shevchenko" <andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> >On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 02:31:59PM +0800, zl020895 wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks for the review.
> >
> >> This is Ambarella 8250-compatible IP, not Synopsys DesignWare. We
> >> first tried 8250_dw after Linus asked us to move to the 8250 library;
> >> you then told us not to touch 8250_dw and to use 8250_ambarella
> >> instead. That is what this patch is.
> >> Background:
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAD++jLm6HzEU1TM-c=Vtjv3FJEBecVP7TyxSgq_Q0zF-YwT6NA@mail.gmail.com/
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-serial/an8KvvHWX0naH3Xw@ashevche-desk.local/
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-serial/7E774305-3920-4BB7-BA46-E0772D6BED84@ambarella.com/
> >> I will also switch to uart_read_port_properties() and trim the
> >> 8250_dw-derived boilerplate.
> >
> >Thanks for the register descriptions, it was helpful. After going through them
> >it seems the v3 as you made it is good enough (sorry for going back and forth).
> >What it needs is better commit message explaining that while it's not a Synopsys
> >DW IP, it was made to be quite compatible with that (on register level) and hence
> >no new driver is required, just a small quirk.
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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