[PATCH v4 1/6] serial: Add Goldfish TTY driver

[Kuan-Wei Chiu]

Hi Heinrich,

On Fri, Jan 02, 2026 at 09:40:39AM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> On 1/2/26 09:29, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> > On 1/1/26 18:54, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
> > > Add support for the Google Goldfish TTY serial device. This virtual
> > > device is commonly used in QEMU virtual machines (such as the m68k
> > > virt machine) and Android emulators.
> > > 
> > > The driver implements basic console output and input polling using the
> > > Goldfish MMIO interface.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw at gmail.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Yao Zi <me at ziyao.cc>
> > > Tested-by: Daniel Palmer <daniel at 0x0f.com>
> > 
> > Acked-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>

Thanks for the review.

> > 
> > > ---
> > > Changes in v4:
> > > - Support DT probing with platform data as a fallback.
> > > 
> > >   MAINTAINERS                      |   6 ++
> > >   drivers/serial/Kconfig           |   8 +++
> > >   drivers/serial/Makefile          |   1 +
> > >   drivers/serial/serial_goldfish.c | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >   include/goldfish_tty.h           |  18 +++++
> > >   5 files changed, 142 insertions(+)
> > >   create mode 100644 drivers/serial/serial_goldfish.c
> > >   create mode 100644 include/goldfish_tty.h
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > > index 6ce0bbce13d..da4a6e4d518 100644
> > > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > @@ -1259,6 +1259,12 @@ S:    Maintained
> > >   F:    drivers/misc/gsc.c
> > >   F:    include/gsc.h
> > > +GOLDFISH SERIAL DRIVER
> > > +M:    Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw at gmail.com>
> > > +S:    Maintained
> > > +F:    drivers/serial/serial_goldfish.c
> > > +F:    include/goldfish_tty.h
> > > +
> 
> Applying: serial: Add Goldfish TTY driver
> Patch failed at 0001 serial: Add Goldfish TTY driver
> error: patch failed: MAINTAINERS:1259
> error: MAINTAINERS: patch does not apply
> 
> Should a respin of the series be needed, please, check that the series
> applies to origin/next before sending.

To make sure I base the next version on the correct tree, should I base
it on the ColdFire tree's next branch:

https://source.denx.de/u-boot/custodians/u-boot-coldfire.git

Or the main U-Boot repository's next branch:

https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git

Regards,
Kuan-Wei