Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264881AbUF1Hyk (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:54:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264882AbUF1Hyk (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:54:40 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:63243 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264881AbUF1Hyi (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:54:38 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 08:54:30 +0100 From: Russell King To: Chris Wedgwood Cc: Erik Jacobson , Christoph Hellwig , Jesse Barnes , Andrew Morton , Pat Gefre , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] Altix serial driver Message-ID: <20040628085429.C32206@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Chris Wedgwood , Erik Jacobson , Christoph Hellwig , Jesse Barnes , Andrew Morton , Pat Gefre , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040625083130.GA26557@infradead.org> <20040625124807.GA29937@infradead.org> <20040626235248.GC12761@taniwha.stupidest.org> <20040628003311.GA23017@taniwha.stupidest.org> <20040628021439.A17654@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20040628014443.GA24247@taniwha.stupidest.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20040628014443.GA24247@taniwha.stupidest.org>; from cw@f00f.org on Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 06:44:43PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1105 Lines: 24 On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 06:44:43PM -0700, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 02:14:39AM +0100, Russell King wrote: > > It's the way its always been done, and the way the tty layer works. > > You register a range of ttys that you're going to be driving, and > > you own those ttys whether or not you actually have hardware for > > them. > > How about this (yes, it's a hack but it's really not that bad and will > get things working until we can fix this up in 2.7.x): If you're going to do that, why not just disable 8250 in the kernels configuration? It has exactly the same effect. With the change you propose, you can't even use 8250 for PCMCIA serial cards. -- 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/