Messages in this thread | | | From | Mike Frysinger <> | Date | Thu, 7 Oct 2010 22:04:12 -0400 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] serial: DCC(JTAG) serial and console emulation support |
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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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