Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] serial: sc16is7xx

From: Charles Coldwell
Date: Fri Apr 25 2014 - 09:53:40 EST


On Fri, 25 Apr 2014, Charles Coldwell wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Apr 2014, jon@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..ed139f5
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
>
> > +
> > +/* SC16IS7XX register definitions */
> > +#define SC16IS7XX_RHR_REG (0x00) /* RX FIFO */
> > +#define SC16IS7XX_THR_REG (0x00) /* TX FIFO */
> > +#define SC16IS7XX_IER_REG (0x01) /* Interrupt enable */
> > +#define SC16IS7XX_IIR_REG (0x02) /* Interrupt Identification */
> > +#define SC16IS7XX_FCR_REG (0x02) /* FIFO control */
> > +#define SC16IS7XX_LCR_REG (0x03) /* Line Control */
> > +#define SC16IS7XX_MCR_REG (0x04) /* Modem Control */
> > +#define SC16IS7XX_LSR_REG (0x05) /* Line Status */
> > +#define SC16IS7XX_MSR_REG (0x06) /* Modem Status */
> > +#define SC16IS7XX_SPR_REG (0x07) /* Scratch Pad */
>
> Isn't this a lot of duplication?

Actually, the whole thing seems like duplication to me. The SC16IS7X0
parts are designed to be 16550-compatible (hence the duplication in the
register map), and so I would vote for putting the driver into the
drivers/tty/serial/8250 framework. There's really not much difference
between these parts and other 16550 parts except that they are reached
over the SPI/I2C bus.

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Charles M. Coldwell, W1CMC
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