Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262353AbUDENUG (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:20:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262429AbUDENUF (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:20:05 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:27408 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262353AbUDENUC (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:20:02 -0400 Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:19:57 +0100 From: Russell King To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Cc: Linux Kernel List , Ralf Baechle Subject: Re: drivers/char/dz.[ch]: reason for keeping? Message-ID: <20040405141957.B31724@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" , Linux Kernel List , Ralf Baechle References: <20040404101241.A10158@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl on Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 03:15:33PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1130 Lines: 25 On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 03:15:33PM +0200, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Russell King wrote: > > > Since we have drivers/serial/dz.[ch] now merged, is there a reason to > > keep drivers/char/dz.[ch] around any more? I notice people keep doing > > cleanups, but this is wasted effort if the driver is superseded by the > > new drivers/serial/dz.[ch] driver. > > drivers/char/dz.[ch] has been verified to work on real hardware, at least > with 2.4. Can the same be said of drivers/serial/dz.[ch]? If so, then > the former can be removed from the mainline. Ralf has verified that it works before he submitted it to Linus, so I guess that means that it does "work on real hardware". -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 PCMCIA - http://pcmcia.arm.linux.org.uk/ 2.6 Serial core - 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/