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Current pattern in the linux kernel is that every new serial driver adds one or more new PORT_ definitions because uart_ops::config_port() callback documentation prescribes setting port->type according to the type of port found, or to PORT_UNKNOWN if no port was detected. When the specific type of the port is not important to the userspace there's no need for a unique PORT_ value, but so far there's no suitable identifier for that case. Provide generic port type identifier other than PORT_UNKNOWN for ports which type is not important to userspace. Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com> Suggested-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231008001804.889727-1-jcmvbkbc@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.