[U-Boot] [PATCH] serial: ns16550: fix different reg size access

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Lei Wen,

In message <AANLkTi=q-cj-Q5iNqiQpEddkH1DxUAR1H_5wenaES7bE at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> >> > I don't think so. You still use just a single writel() call then.  To
> >> > leave the other bits untouched, you would have to perform a readl()
> >> > first, then insert one data byte, and then write it back.  Your patch
> >> > does not do that.
> >>
> >> My original patch is like below, so where it call writel?...
> >> +#elif (CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_REG_SIZE == 1) || (CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_REG_SIZE == -1)
> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_PORT_MAPPED
> >> +#define serial_out(x, y)       outb(x, y)
> >> +#define serial_in(y)           inb(y)
> >> +#else
> >> +#define serial_out(x, y)       writeb(x, y)
> >> +#define serial_in(y)           readb(y)
> >
> > If you use writeb() [as the current driver would do as well}, then how
> > do you expect to set this bit 8 (which is in the next byte) to 0 as
> > you claim you have to?
>
> As I explain, if set CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_REG_SIZE to 4, and
> set CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_MAX_REG_SIZE also to 4, then the serial_out
> becomes writel. :)

Right - which is exactly what I said, and which you denied.

I give up, I have other things to do as well.

You know my proposal how to implement the driver for your non-standard
chip.

Your patch is rejected.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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