Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:39:13 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] usb: serial: update CH34x driver in drivers/usb/serial |
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On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 06:47:54PM -0700, tech@winchiphead.com wrote: > The old driver for usb-serial chips ch34x which submitted by kernel volunteer > Frank A Kingswood <frank@kingswood-consulting.co.uk> is too old to use, and the > driver has bugs when receiving chracters, thus after communicating with the author > we decide to revoke the old driver ch341.c and submit the new one ch34x.c.
"revoke"? Why not just fix the bugs in the existing one instead? That would be a much smaller patch, and much easier to review.
> Add the relevant details to Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt. > Change the relevant files Kconfig and Makefile in drivers/usb/serial. > > Signed-off-by: WCH Tech Group <tech@winchiphead.com>
This has to be a person, it can not be a company, or any other anonymous email address, sorry. Same with your "From:" address.
thanks,
greg k-h
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