Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262901AbTIQXp3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:45:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262908AbTIQXp3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:45:29 -0400 Received: from pix-525-pool.redhat.com ([66.187.233.200]:27945 "EHLO devserv.devel.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262901AbTIQXp1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:45:27 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:45:23 -0400 From: Pete Zaitcev Message-Id: <200309172345.h8HNjNs13415@devserv.devel.redhat.com> To: Andrew Morton cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Altix console driver In-Reply-To: References: <20030917222414.GA25931@sgi.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1066 Lines: 25 >> Just a simple addition to drivers/char for the Altix serial console. >> >> MAINTAINERS | 6 >> drivers/char/Kconfig | 16 >> drivers/char/Makefile | 1 >> drivers/char/sn_serial.c | 1189 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Would it be more appropriate to place this under arch/ia64? It was discussed on other occasions, and it "was decided" (sprinkled with holy penguin pee) that such things go into drivers/, e.g. drivers/serial/sunsu.c is Sun-specific, but it helps to keep it near drivers/serial/8250.c, for diffing. If an additional API is involved, e.g. sbus_alloc_consistent, drivers get a subdir like drivers/sbus or drivers/s390. Also, you never know when sharing hits you across the head, e.g. sparc, sparc64, and m68k (for sun3) share some drivers. -- Pete - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/