Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 May 2023 15:34:02 +0100 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 04/10] serial: bflb_uart: add Bouffalolab UART Driver |
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On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 10:09:56PM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote: > On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 11:36:00AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 11:22:38PM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote: > > > Add the driver for Bouffalolab UART IP which is found in Bouffalolab > > > SoCs such as bl808. > > > > New uarts are being created that are NOT 8250-like? Why???? > > Hi, > > I'm not sure I understand your meaning. I guess you mean writing the new > uart driver following 8250 style. And the latest example is > sunplus-uart.c, it can be used as an example how to write a 8250 style > driver for new non-8250 uart IP.
No, I mean, "why are hardware designers creating new UARTs in 2023 that are NOT 8250-based"? Why do they want to constantly reinvent the wheel?
thanks,
greg k-h
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