[PATCH DRAFT 1/2] drivers: serial: PL011: refactor register access
From: andre.przywara@arm.com (Andre Przywara)
Date: 2015-11-02 13:40:25
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From: andre.przywara@arm.com (Andre Przywara)
Date: 2015-11-02 13:40:25
Also in:
linux-serial
Hi Timur, On 02/11/15 13:27, Timur Tabi wrote:
Andre Przywara wrote:quoted
* to support UARTs with different register offsets (ZTE) * to support a different bus access width (16 bits vs. 32 bits)How exactly does this patch provide this? The code is still calling a fixed function. How will the code dynamically call a 32-bit version instead of a 16-bit version on platforms that need it?
This patch doesn't, I was just enumerating possible extensions which will become much easier now that we don't have to patch every single call site for such a change (to give rationale for this refactoring). Changing the access width is now a simple change in those two functions, and since you have the struct uart_amba_port available, you can access any field in there to determine your desired access width. As it says on the tin: it's a draft. Feel free to extend it to a proper series ;-) Cheers, Andre.