[PATCH 1/3] serial/imx: add device tree support
From: Shawn Guo <hidden>
Date: 2011-06-19 07:36:11
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On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 10:26:55AM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 06:21:46PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:quoted
On Saturday 18 June 2011 17:19:12 Shawn Guo wrote:quoted
+Required properties: +- compatible : should be "fsl,<soc>-uart", "fsl,imx-uart" +- reg : address and length of the register set for the device +- interrupts : should contain uart interrupt +- id : should be the port ID defined by soc + +Optional properties: +- fsl,has-rts-cts : indicate it has rts-cts +- fsl,irda-mode : support irda mode + +Example: + +uart at 73fbc000 { + compatible = "fsl,imx51-uart", "fsl,imx-uart"; + reg = <0x73fbc000 0x4000>; + interrupts = <31>; + id = <1>; + fsl,has-rts-cts; +};Should this also support the "clock-frequency" property that 8250-style serial ports support [1]? For the flow-control properties, should we name that more generic? The same property certainly makes sense for other serial-ports if it does here. OTOH, I'm not sure it's actually reliable, because it also depends on whether the other side of the connection and the cable support hw flow control.I'd like to see a few use cases before defining a common property. That said, has-rts-cts does sound like a useful generic property. Or maybe named "uart-has-rts-cts" to make it clear that it is a uart specific binding?
I would keep the name as it is if you do not mind, since it's been under uart node. -- Regards, Shawn