Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932707AbbDMRAw (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:00:52 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:54488 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932183AbbDMRAt (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:00:49 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 19:00:44 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Michal Simek Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, monstr@monstr.eu, Arnd Bergmann , stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: of-serial: Remove device_type = "serial" registration Message-ID: <20150413170044.GD32634@kroah.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 576 Lines: 13 On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 04:35:27PM +0200, Michal Simek wrote: > Do not probe all serial drivers by of_serial.c which are using > device_type = "serial"; property. Only drivers which have valid > compatible strings listed in the driver should be probed. Why? This was added for some reason, what has changed since then? greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/