Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:13:16 +0100 | From | 'Greg Kroah-Hartman' <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] Serial: silabs si4455 serial driver |
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On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 03:43:22PM +0000, József Horváth wrote: > On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:28:08AM +0100, 'Greg Kroah-Hartman' wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 10:18:33AM +0000, Jozsef Horvath wrote: > > > --- a/include/uapi/linux/serial_core.h > > > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/serial_core.h > > > @@ -279,4 +279,7 @@ > > > /* Freescale LINFlexD UART */ > > > #define PORT_LINFLEXUART 122 > > > > > > +/* Silicon Labs SI4455 */ > > > +#define PORT_SI4455 123 > > > > What userspace tool is going to need this value? > > The PORT_SI4455 is defined for using as port type value in struct uart_port. > I checked other serial drivers under drivers/tty/serial and the port types > used by serial drivers are defined in two places: > > include/uapi/linux/serial_core.h > include/uapi/linux/serial.h > > The port type is required by serial_core, and its value goes back to > user space with TIOCGSERIAL ioctl call.
What is it required for? Who uses this?
> I can't set port type value to 0(PORT_UNKNOWN).
Why not?
> I think my drivers source is not the best place to defining PORT_SI4455, > but I can't find better place then include/uapi/linux/serial_core.h > Could you please help me where is the correct location for this definition?
I ask as I am trying to figure out why we keep adding these ids, yet no tool that i know of seems to actually use them.
If you don't have a tool that needs to use a new id, then I would recommend not adding it, right?
thanks,
greg k-h
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