Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] serial: DCC(JTAG) serial and console emulation support | From | Daniel Walker <> | Date | Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:58:52 -0700 |
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On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 15:48 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> i dont think hijacking the "ttyS" namespace is acceptable, even if > it's behind a Kconfig. other people have tried in the past (myself > included) and been shot down. sounds like a shim for crappy userspace > apps that blindly assume /dev/ttyS*. is that really an issue anymore > though now that things like /dev/ttyUSB* are so common and people are > used to picking between multiple serial sources ?
It also creates a ttyJ* which uses the same interfaces as the code for ttyS* .. I don't think allowing a Kconfig option to shim this in as a ttyS* is all that bad .. This driver is only going to be used in rare cases for debugging , having a ttyS* is just a level of flexibility ..
Daniel
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