Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750949AbWHPGbR (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:31:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750944AbWHPGbR (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:31:17 -0400 Received: from outgoing3.smtp.agnat.pl ([193.239.44.85]:199 "EHLO outgoing3.smtp.agnat.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750941AbWHPGbQ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:31:16 -0400 From: Arkadiusz Miskiewicz Organization: SelfOrganizing To: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 -resend] Char: mxser, upgrade to 1.9.1 Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:31:12 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 Cc: Jiri Slaby , Linux Kernel Mailing List , support@moxa.com.tw References: <20060815225346.cf7ca950.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20060815225346.cf7ca950.akpm@osdl.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608160831.12848.arekm@pld-linux.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Authenticated-Id: arekm Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1311 Lines: 30 On Wednesday 16 August 2006 07:53, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:00:14 -0700 > > Jiri Slaby wrote: > > Change driver according to original 1.9.1 moxa driver. Some int->ulong > > conversions, outb ~UART_IER_THRI constant. Remove commented stuff. > > > > I also added printk line with info, if somebody wants to test it, he > > should contact me as I can potentially debug the driver with him or just > > to confirm it works properly. > > Ho hum, this is hard. I guess breaking the driver is one way to find out > who is using it, but those who redistribute the kernel for a living might > not appreciate the technique. > > Perhaps we could create an mxser-new.c and offer that in config, plan to > remove mxser.c N months hence? I can test the updated driver with MOXA CP-168U series board if it will compile on 2.6.12.6. Unfortunately I can't change kernel to latest one there. Will testing on 2.6.12.6 be enough for you? -- Arkadiusz Mi?kiewicz PLD/Linux Team arekm / maven.pl http://ftp.pld-linux.org/ - 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/