Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423096AbWJRW3z (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:29:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423099AbWJRW3z (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:29:55 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:18341 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423096AbWJRW3x (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:29:53 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:21:46 -0700 From: Greg KH To: "Kilau, Scott" Cc: Greg.Chandler@wellsfargo.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel oops with extended serial stuff turned on... Message-ID: <20061018212146.GA5206@kroah.com> References: <335DD0B75189FB428E5C32680089FB9F803FDE@mtk-sms-mail01.digi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <335DD0B75189FB428E5C32680089FB9F803FDE@mtk-sms-mail01.digi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1252 Lines: 39 On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 04:16:54PM -0500, Kilau, Scott wrote: > Hi Greg C, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg.Chandler@wellsfargo.com > > [mailto:Greg.Chandler@wellsfargo.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 4:07 PM > > To: Kilau, Scott > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: RE: kernel oops with extended serial stuff turned on... > > > > > > Should that be made a permanent patch then? > > In my out-of-tree drivers, yes, it was the correct way to fix > the problem. > > I am probably not the best one to ask about the > other serial drivers however... > > The "DEVFS" stuff was removed by Greg KH, I believe, so > he probably is the best to decide upon the correct way of > "fixing" it. > > Ie, I am not sure whether his intentions were to slide in a > new patch on it later on to fix the problem with trying to > register with sysfs/udev twice... I don't understand, what problem is occuring here? Who is trying to register with sysfs twice? thanks, greg k-h - 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/