serial: add PORT_GENERIC definition
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>
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