Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754198AbdDCR1f (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Apr 2017 13:27:35 -0400 Received: from mail-io0-f180.google.com ([209.85.223.180]:34610 "EHLO mail-io0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752789AbdDCR1e (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Apr 2017 13:27:34 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 13:27:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Nicolas Pitre To: Andi Kleen cc: Andy Shevchenko , 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 In-Reply-To: <20170403153103.GB22592@two.firstfloor.org> Message-ID: References: <20170401222119.25106-1-nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> <87pogur0y9.fsf@firstfloor.org> <20170403153103.GB22592@two.firstfloor.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (LFD 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 550 Lines: 19 On Mon, 3 Apr 2017, Andi Kleen wrote: > I like the idea of mintty (if it supported ptys). In fact PTYs could probably be implemented like another UART driver for the master side. But that may come later. > 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. I wouldn't push for replacing the existing code though. It is stable and full featured. The mini version may well never be fully standard compliant to keep the code small. Nicolas