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Re: [RFC PATCH] hw/arm/musicpal: Map the UART devices unconditionally
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Peter Maydell |
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Re: [RFC PATCH] hw/arm/musicpal: Map the UART devices unconditionally |
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Tue, 5 May 2020 11:10:32 +0100 |
On Tue, 5 May 2020 at 11:09, Jan Kiszka <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On 05.05.20 11:59, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> I don't recall details anymore either (more than 10 year ago now...),
> but this looks reasonable.
My guess is that it dates back to when the serial code would
crash if passed a NULL pointer for the backend rather than
treating it as "same as if connected to a /dev/null backend".
thanks
-- PMM