On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:07 PM, Kumar Gala <ga...@kernel.crashing.org> wrote: > > On Jan 12, 2009, at 1:55 AM, Li Yang wrote: > >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: linuxppc-dev-bounces+leoli=freescale....@ozlabs.org >>> [mailto:linuxppc-dev-bounces+leoli=freescale....@ozlabs.org] >>> On Behalf Of Anton Vorontsov >>> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 11:30 PM >>> To: Kumar Gala >>> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org >>> Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/83xx: Make serial ports work on >>> MPC8315E-RDB w/FSL U-Boots >>> >>> FSL U-Boots use /soc8...@e0000000 node to search and fixup >>> serial nodes' clock-frequency properties. Though in upstream >>> kernels we use new naming convention -- for IMMR address >>> space dts files specify /i...@e0000000 nodes. >>> >>> This makes FSL U-Boots fail to fixup the clock frequencies, >>> and that leads to serial ports misbehaviour. We can >>> workaround the issue by filling the clock frequency values manually. >> >> Freescale BSP is for customer who needs the out-of-box experience. It's >> better tested, but doesn't update very frequently. I would suggest the >> customer to use the upstream u-boot, if they decide to use latest >> upstream kernel. >> >> - Leo > > Agreed. However I don't think there is any harm w/the patch as upstream > u-boot will update the property.
You are right. There will be no harm as upstream u-boot can update the DTS of old binding. - Leo _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev