[linuxsh-dev] Multiple SCI(F) changes checked in

[Stuart M. <Stu...@st...>]

Folks

I've checked in the changes for the multiple SCI(F) support which I
posted as a patch a few days ago. Sorry it took a little longer than
expected, but the cache problem I reported yesterday only appeared
with these changes in place, and I wanted to make sure I hadn't broken
anything. Turned out it was just the slight shifting of memory contents
which provoked the problem.

Many thanks for the fixes from Niibe-san and Jaswinder, I've included
them in this check in. There is also a suggested configuration for the
IRDA port on a 7709A, but it will need a bit more work, because there
is no code to configure the interrupts on this device yet.

This check-in also makes the change in major/minor device numbers
suggested by Niibe-san, and includes support for 16550 compatible
serial ports. The configuration is correct for the 7750 SolutionEngine,
but should work on other boards with little or no changes.

So you can now have console set to SCI, SCIF or 16550, or both. For
example:
  console=ttySC1,38400 console=ttyS0,115200
will send kernel messages to both ports at the same time, while
/dev/console is mapped to whichever console is specified last on the
command line.

Have fun!

Stuart