Re: [PATCH 2/2] serial: 8250: Request full 16550A feature probing for OxSemi PCIe devices

From: Maciej W. Rozycki
Date: Mon Sep 19 2022 - 04:23:12 EST


On Mon, 19 Sep 2022, Jiri Slaby wrote:

> > linux-serial-8250-oxsemi-efr.diff
> > Index: linux-macro/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-macro.orig/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c
> > +++ linux-macro/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c
> > @@ -1232,6 +1232,10 @@ static void pci_oxsemi_tornado_set_mctrl
> > serial8250_do_set_mctrl(port, mctrl);
> > }
> > +/*
> > + * We require EFR features for clock programming, so set UPF_FULL_PROBE
> > + * for full probing regardless of CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_16550A_VARIANTS
> > setting.
> > + */
>
> It'd make more sense to me to move this comment right before the line you add
> below.

I favour the style where what a function does is documented above it, but
I won't insist on it if having a comment within is what we prefer here.

Maciej