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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 23:06:34 +0000
From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: BALBIR SINGH <balbir.singh@wipro.com>,
        Balbir Singh <balbir_soni@yahoo.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Patch: Fix serial module use count (2.4.16 _and_ 2.5)
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 02:19:20PM -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 09:55:49AM +0530, BALBIR SINGH wrote:
> > As you say this fix works for 2.4, Since we are into 2.5, I hope
> > that it will be fixed in a better manner in 2.5. I have some suggestions,
> > ideas for the serial driver in 2.5, are u willing to discuss them?
> > 
> 
> Would it not be better if the current code in 2.5 had the fix from 2.4 until
> the entire layer is audited?

That was my original intention.  IIRC, James Simmons has said he's rewriting
the tty layer anyway in 2.5.

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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

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