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

[Crescent CY Hsieh]

On Sat, Jun 08, 2024 at 12:47:40PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 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?

Agree, I have been putting too much stuff into `8250_pci.c`.
I will send the bug fix patch first, then create a new patch series to
split the code into `8250_moxa.c`.

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Sincerely,
Crescent Hsieh