[PATCH v2 2/3] ARM: clps711x: Add serial driver

[Sascha Hauer]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:08:01AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > 
> > > here 4 resources
> > 
> > We already had this. This SoC has a very strange register layout. The
> > registers for the UARTs are spread around the SoC and the registers
> > are not even exclusively used for the UARTs. They have bits which are
> > also used for the timer and other stuff.
> use the device id to select the register is wrong
> 
> we need to pass the register via resource (without request) or platform data
> > 
> > > > +static int clps711x_tstc(struct console_device *cdev)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	return !(readl(SYSFLG(cdev->dev->id)) & SYSFLG_URXFE);
> > > factorise those pull status as
> > > 
> > > status int xxx(data, mask) {}
> > 
> > I don'r understand this. This is a single register read, there's not
> > much to factorize and the code is easy to read.
> he use the code at a least 2 place

Testing for a bit like above is done a thousand times all around the
kernel and barebox. There is nothing to factorize. The way Alexander did
it is perfectly fine.

Sascha

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