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Date:      Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:01:00 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.ChatUSA.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mips@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: heads up - changing uart -> uart_ar71xx
Message-ID:  <6FC455B0-EBF6-4160-A491-A818003262A6@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <201211161735.qAGHZb0j070251@pdx.rh.CN85.ChatUSA.com>
References:  <201211161735.qAGHZb0j070251@pdx.rh.CN85.ChatUSA.com>

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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...
>=20
> 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.  All Adrian seems to be doing is making what was automatic =
configuration a little more manual.

Warner

>> Hi all,
>>=20
>> I've started digging into AR933x support and I've discovered that the
>> UART is not an NS8250 style thing.
>>=20
>> So I'm going to shuffle the ar71xx uart code around to require both
>> 'uart' and 'uart_ar71xx'.
>>=20
>> I'll update the config files appropriately.
>>=20
>> Thanks!
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> Adrian
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>=20
> --=20
> Rod Grimes                                                 =
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