Re: [PATCH] serial: DCC(JTAG) serial and console emulation support

[Daniel Walker]

I'm not disputing the serial core part. I ok with converting it to tty.

Daniel

Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 18:11, Daniel Walker wrote:
>> On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 14:52 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 02:47:18PM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote:
>>> > On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 14:15 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
>>> > > On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 01:51:18PM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote:
>>> > > > > We've said no over a period of about ten years to a lot of attempts to
>>> > > > > just borrow the ttyS0 range. If we'd said yes it would have been a
>>> > > > > complete mess by now.
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > So the answer is no.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Nothing can be unilateral, there's always room for exceptions. You
>>> > > > should say something more like "it's possible, but unlikely".
>>> > >
>>> > > Hm, how about this, as the TTY and serial driver[1] maintainer, I will
>>> > > not accept this kind of patch at all.
>>> > >
>>> > > Is that final enough for you?
>>> >
>>> > So you don't like it, that's fair enough .. <thinks>I wonder what other
>>> > maintainers I can send this too</thinks> ;)
>>> >
>>> > Can you be more specific about your objections
>>>
>>> See everything that Mike and Alan wrote, do I need to repeat it?
>>
>> I'm not sure .. I would say "Yes" if I didn't get the feeling your
>> already to tear my head off.
>>
>> I think the only disputed issue is the use of ttyS as options part of
>> the driver ..
>
>and using "serial_core" at all in favor of HVC or tty_core (the latter
>might be easier for you as the former is a bit of unknown atm)
>-mike
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