Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:58:29 +0100 | From | Tilman Schmidt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add the ability to layer another driver over the serial driver |
| |
On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:20:16 +0000, Alan wrote: > This looks wrong. You already have a kernel interface to serial drivers. > It is called a line discipline. We use it for ppp, we use it for slip, we > use it for a few other things such as attaching sync drivers to some > devices.
I was under the impression that line disciplines need a user space process to open the serial device and push them onto it. Is there a way for a driver to attach to a serial port through the line discipline interface from kernel space, eg. from an initialization, module load, or probe function?
-- Tilman Schmidt E-Mail: tilman@imap.cc Bonn, Germany Diese Nachricht besteht zu 100% aus wiederverwerteten Bits. Ungeöffnet mindestens haltbar bis: (siehe Rückseite)
[unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |