Re: [PATCH 2.6] Altix - add ioc3 serial driver support

[Pat Gefre]

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Stanislaw Skowronek wrote:

+ > > Something I didn't make clear - the driver that I am adding is a pci
+ > > card based on the IOC3 serial part - it is a single function card - 2
+ > > serial ports. This is supported on Altix.
+ 
+ OK. Does it play along with the Ethernet part of the IOC3? And with the
+ pckm part? And with the different devices which hang off the IOC3?
+ (Especially the RTC on Octanes?) If yes, then I'm all over it :)

There is an ioc3 serial part on the same ioc3 as the ethernet - I'm not
sure what the differneces are - I haven't looked at it.

+ 
+ Does your driver use DMA for serial? If not, then it is not really needed
+ as I have a driver that uses 16550-style IRQs.

Yes.

-- Pat

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