Re: [PATCH] serial: tegra: add serial driver

From: Stephen Warren
Date: Wed Dec 19 2012 - 11:58:22 EST


On 12/19/2012 07:15 AM, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 December 2012 06:31 PM, Grant Likely wrote:
>> On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:31:34 -0700, Stephen
>> Warren<swarren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 12/17/2012 10:10 AM, Grant Likely wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:40:49 +0530, Laxman
>>>> Dewangan<ldewangan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Aren't we still supposed to support platform data so that it can
>>> override what's in DT in order to fix up bad DTs? Or, has that
>>> requirement been dropped. If it has, we can drop a bunch of code from a
>>> variety of Tegra-specific drivers, I expect.
>> Do you have an actual user for this? If not, then don't borrow trouble.
>> Just drop it. Things like platform_data can always be added later only
>> if it is needed.
>
> Currently all our board supports DT. we are not using any driver
> instantiated by board files.
> I will remove the platform data for current patch and if it is require
> then will add later with reasoning.
>
> Hope this will be fine with Stephen also so that this basic patch can
> be included into tree soon.

I'm fine with it; it's just a change in policy that hadn't been
communicated before.

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