[PATCH 3.2 044/107] serial: 8250: bind to ALi Fast Infrared Controller (ALI5123)

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Thu Oct 08 2015 - 20:34:43 EST


3.2.72-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 1d7002777a8fe8188caaa98d4a8eb4ed298fcdae upstream.

This way this device can be used with irtty-sir -
at least on Toshiba Satellite A20-S103 it is not configured by default
and needs PNP activation before it starts to respond on I/O ports.

This device has actually its own driver (ali-ircc),
but this driver seems to be non-functional for a very long time
(see http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.irda.general/484
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.network.protocols.obex.openobex.user/943
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=535070 ).

Signed-off-by: Maciej Szmigiero <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2:
- Drop change to acpi_pnp.c, as there's no need to whitelist ACPI devices
for the PNP bus
- Adjust filename]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250_pnp.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250_pnp.c
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ static const struct pnp_device_id pnp_de
{ "AEI1240", 0 },
/* Rockwell 56K ACF II Fax+Data+Voice Modem */
{ "AKY1021", 0 /*SPCI_FL_NO_SHIRQ*/ },
+ /*
+ * ALi Fast Infrared Controller
+ * Native driver (ali-ircc) is broken so at least
+ * it can be used with irtty-sir.
+ */
+ { "ALI5123", 0 },
/* AZT3005 PnP SOUND DEVICE */
{ "AZT4001", 0 },
/* Best Data Products Inc. Smart One 336F PnP Modem */

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