Re: [PATCH 0/6] Adjustments and Enhancements for MOXA PCI Serial Boards

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Sat Jun 08 2024 - 05:47:52 EST


Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 07:43:30PM +0800, Crescent Hsieh kirjoitti:
> There are 6 patches within this patch series to make some adjustments
> and enhancements for MOXA PCI serial boards, a briefly description is
> written below:
>
> - The first patch is an independent bug fix patch.
> - The second and third patches migrate some MOXA PCI devices from
> `mxser.c` to `8250_pci.c`.
> - The fourth and fifth patches address improvements and adjustments in
> handling the serial interface.
> - The sixth patch adds a UART configuration that aligns with the
> hardware capabilities of MOXA PCI serial boards.

Everything is fine except one issue. Can we avoid polluting 8250_pci?
What I would expect as a patch 2 is a separation of 8250_moxa from
8250_pci (see examples how it was done in the past: 8250_exar, 8250_lpss,
8250_mid, ...) and then updating code there. Can it be achievable?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko