Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] riscv: Add K230 DW 8250-compatible UART

On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM Joel Stanley <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Sat, 8 Aug 2026 at 12:02, WX Chen <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > This series adds a QEMU model for the K230 SoC DesignWare 8250-compatible
> > UART controller, wires it into the K230 SoC, and adds qtest coverage.
> >
> > The implementation supports the registers and features required by the
> > Linux 8250_dw driver, providing an interactive shell over the serial port.
>
> This is a model for the same hardware as this patch:
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> https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-riscv/[email protected]/
>
> I'm not fussed which one we end up with in the tree, but it would be
> good to name it generically so other machines can use it.
>

Agree.

Hi Alistair,

I suggest we drop the series from your riscv-to-apply.next tree and
ask WX Chen to respin another version.

The DesignWare series IP should be modeled separately instead of the
SoC version to allow other machines to re-use the same DW IP.

Regards,
Bin