Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753536AbdDCPbI (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Apr 2017 11:31:08 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([193.170.194.197]:46292 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752144AbdDCPbH (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Apr 2017 11:31:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 08:31:03 -0700 From: Andi Kleen To: Andy Shevchenko Cc: Nicolas Pitre , Andi Kleen , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jiri Slaby , "linux-serial@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , linux-arm Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] minitty: a minimal TTY layer alternative for embedded systems Message-ID: <20170403153103.GB22592@two.firstfloor.org> References: <20170401222119.25106-1-nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> <87pogur0y9.fsf@firstfloor.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 611 Lines: 16 > While I can agree on making Linux stuff less fatty, I can't agree on > doing this way. We have for now two subsystems to serve for serial > devices, you are proposing third one for only narrow class of devices. It should be actually most (all?) real serial ones. > From my point of view is better to achive your goal with existing > system (as a proof of concept maybe even with ugly #ifdef:fery). I like the idea of mintty (if it supported ptys). Except for that (and possibly VT) it is unlikely that people really rely on the obsolete terminal features from the 70ies. So it's a kind of cleanup. -Andi