Re: [PATCH 1/2] serdev: Add ACPI support

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On Sat, Oct 07, 2017 at 02:31:05AM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Rafael,
> 
> >>>> This patch allows SerDev module to manage serial devices declared as
> >>>> attached to an UART in ACPI table.
> >>>> 
> >>>> acpi_serdev_add_device() callback will only take into account entries
> >>>> without enumerated flag set. This flags is set for all entries during
> >>>> ACPI scan, except for SPI and I2C serial devices, and for UART with
> >>>> 2nd patch in the series.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Frédéric Danis <frederic.danis.oss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> drivers/tty/serdev/core.c | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> >>>> 1 file changed, 94 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >>> 
> >>> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
> >> 
> >> so how do we get these changes upstream? If the serdev changes alone do not cause any harm, I am almost proposing taking them through bluetooth-next tree and only leave only the ACPI change to the ACPI maintainers.
> > 
> > That would be fine by me.  I can take the serdev patch too, though.
> 
> having both patches go via ACPI tree might be simplest. Greg, any objections from you?

None from me, let me go ack the serdev patch...

thanks,

greg k-h