3 Apr
2014
3 Apr
'14
11:51 p.m.
Dear Simon,
In message CAPnjgZ2PrHue3hTW__MaYBRMA3OFZ3p1k9D49rZatur9G5x--g@mail.gmail.com you wrote:
The duplication existed before generic board (i.e. each arch had its own baudrate in global_data). I believe the reason for it being in bd_t is that it can be passed to the kernel in that structure on some archs. So removing it there may break some boards.
Correct. In some (really old) kernel versions this was the way to pass this information to the kernel, so we neede dit there.
I suspect the reason it is in global_data is that the bd_t structure doesn't exist until some time after the console is started up, so it wouldn't be possible to do serial output otherwise.
Also correct.
Thanks!
Wolfgang Denk
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