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SubjectRe: [PATCH] serial: do not call ->pm() on initialization for console port
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 01:13:55AM +0900, Atsushi Nemoto wrote:
> This commit in current git tree broke serial console for serial_txx9 driver.
>
> > commit 97d97224ff361e08777fb33e0fd193ca877dac28
> > Author: Russell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk>
> > Date: Sat Sep 1 21:25:09 2007 +0100
> >
> > [SERIAL] Fix console initialisation ordering
>
> The serial_txx9 driver initialize its port entirely on its ->pm()
> method if new state was 0. With the commit, serial_core calls ->pm()
> even if the port was used for console.

This'll break some of the ARM drivers, and although I investigated
this a month or so ago, I've completely forgotten the details.

> Attached patch fixes this problem. Is this a right way?
> If not, I will fix the serial_txx9 driver to skip the initialization in
> ->pm() if oldstate was -1.

I'll have to investigate further to refresh myself with what's going
on here, but your patch looks wrong.

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Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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