Re: [RFC][PATCH v2] serial: spi: add spi-uart driver for Maxim 3110

[Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>]

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:59:46 +0800
> Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Here is a driver for Maxim 3110 SPI-UART device, please help to review.
>>
>> It has been validated with Designware SPI controller (drivers/spi: dw_spi.c &
>> dw_spi_pci.c). It supports polling and IRQ mode, supports batch read, and
>> provides a console.
>>
>> change since v1:
>>       * Address comments from Alan Cox
>>       * Use a "use_irq" module parameter to runtime check whether
>>         to use IRQ mode
>>       * Add the suspend/resume implementation
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Feng
>>
>> >From 6d14c5d68cdae8d48b6d8a00b6653022f2b100d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
>> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:02:59 +0800
>> Subject: [PATCH] serial: spi: add spi-uart driver for Maxim 3110
>>
>> This is the driver for Max3110 SPI-UART device, which connect
>> to host with SPI interface. It supports baud rates from 300 to
>> 230400, and supports both polling and IRQ mode, as well as
>> providing a console for system use
>>
>> Its datasheet could be found here:
>> http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX3110E-MAX3111E.pdf
>>
>
> I wonder if this is an "spi" subsystem thing or a "serial" subsystem
> thing.  It looks more like a serial driver to me.

I'm assuming serial; and hence I haven't picked it up into my tree.

g.
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