Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932217AbWHBURc (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:17:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932219AbWHBURc (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:17:32 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([217.147.92.249]:8979 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932217AbWHBURb (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:17:31 -0400 Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 21:17:23 +0100 From: Russell King To: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel , Mathias Adam Subject: Re: make 16C950 UARTs work Message-ID: <20060802201723.GC7173@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel , Mathias Adam References: <20060802194938.GL5972@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060802194938.GL5972@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1534 Lines: 34 On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 03:49:38PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > This patch has been submitted a number of times, and doesn't seem > to get any upstream traction, which is a shame, as it seems to work > for users, and I keep inadvertantly dropping it from the Fedora > kernel everytime I rebase it. As I've said, I'm ignoring all 950 patches because I don't know what works and what doesn't, and it's highly likely that applying one fix for one card breaks already working fixes for other cards because they have different crystals fitted, thereby requiring different register settings. My requests for the broken BT hardware which dwmw2 promised me which the original requests were based upon have consistently resulted in promise of action but no real action. Basically, either I need 950 based hardware so I can at least validate that new fixes don't break existing setups, or someone else needs to be in this position and take on the responsibility for reviewing and testing future 950 based patches. I don't believe that there are sufficient users out there who follow the kernel to allow the "dump in -mm and wait a bit to see if anyone complains" solution will work. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 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/