Re: [PATCH resend] serial: 8250: Add support for using platform_device resources

[Esben Haabendal]

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 01:34:26PM +0200, Esben Haabendal wrote:
>> Allow getting memory resource (mapbase or iobase) as well as irq from
>> platform_device resources.
>> 
>> The UPF_DEV_RESOURCES flag must be set for devices where platform_device
>> resources are to be used.  When not set, driver behaves as before.
>
> Nothing actually sets this flag in this patch, so I can't take this as
> you are adding new features that no one uses :(
>
> Where is the driver that sets this?

It sits here.  It is a rather big and clunky mfd driver, not ready for
upstreaming in its current form.  I hope to get around to clean it up.
But it is for a very specific hardware that is really available or
usable for anybody else.  Does it make sense to spend effort on
submitting such a driver?

/Esben