[U-Boot] [PATCH] ns16550: allow UART address to be set dynamically

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Stephen Warren,

In message <1355354590-10023-1-git-send-email-swarren at wwwdotorg.org> you wrote:
> From: Stephen Warren <swarren at nvidia.com>
> 
> A single U-Boot binary may support multiple very similar boards. These
> boards may use different UARTs for the main debug console. Hence, it is
> impossible to #define CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_COM1 to some static UART
> address, since the true value may only be determined at run-time, after
> identifying the actual hardware. Provide an API for boards to call to
> set the actual address of the UART, e.g. from spl_board_init() or
> board_early_init_f().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren at nvidia.com>

As is, this is just adding dead code.

Where would the device addresses come from - out of the device tree?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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