From owner-freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 17 08:29:18 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 442DDEA8; Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:29:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.ChatUSA.com) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.ChatUSA.com (pdx.rh.CN85.ip6.chatusa.com [IPv6:2607:fa80:104::6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 055868FC12; Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:29:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.ChatUSA.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx.rh.CN85.ChatUSA.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id qAH8SQAP085131; Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:28:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.ChatUSA.com) Received: (from freebsd@localhost) by pdx.rh.CN85.ChatUSA.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id qAH8SP3g085130; Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:28:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <201211170828.qAH8SP3g085130@pdx.rh.CN85.ChatUSA.com> Subject: Re: heads up - changing uart -> uart_ar71xx In-Reply-To: <6FC455B0-EBF6-4160-A491-A818003262A6@bsdimp.com> To: Warner Losh Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:28:25 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to MIPS List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:29:18 -0000 Im having some confusion factor here .. perhaps its just caused by the wording that is being used. Why is there gona be something called ``uart_ar71xx''? As far as I know there is a uart in the ar71xx, yes, but it isnt a uart specific to the ar71xx family at all. > On Nov 16, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > This should be cleaned up better than that, what -kind- of uart is it? > > There should be things called > > uart_8250 (should be able to drive everything from 8250 to 16950) > > uart_8530 (this is probalby the second most common uart in the world) > > uart_6850 (we would probably never see one of these) > > etc... > > > > Please do not lock this to a specific Mips chip if at all possible > > uart already services a dozen of other UARTs. It isn't tied to MIPS at all. Thats what I thought. > All Adrian seems to be doing is making what was automatic configuration a > little more manual. I question the choice of labels to trigger that then.... > Warner > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I've started digging into AR933x support and I've discovered that the > >> UART is not an NS8250 style thing. > >> > >> So I'm going to shuffle the ar71xx uart code around to require both ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What code is specific only to the ar71xx and has anything to do with a uart? > >> 'uart' and 'uart_ar71xx'. > >> > >> I'll update the config files appropriately. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> > >> > >> Adrian > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > > > -- > > Rod Grimes freebsd@freebsd.org > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-mips@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mips > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mips-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > -- Rod Grimes freebsd@freebsd.org