Re: [PATCHv3 3/9] serial: vt8500: Add devicetree support forvt8500-serial

From: Alan Cox
Date: Tue Aug 21 2012 - 18:09:41 EST


On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:47:32 +1200
Tony Prisk <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Tony Prisk <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/tty/serial/vt8500_serial.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Can we have a comment attached to a change this size. In particular one
describing why it gone from 4 to 6 ports, and why the port id twiddling.

Is there a reason you can't use the device tree port id ?

What are the regression risks for existing users expecting the pdev->id
binding ?
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