Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763715AbXFFL0R (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jun 2007 07:26:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760748AbXFFL0J (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jun 2007 07:26:09 -0400 Received: from lug-owl.de ([195.71.106.12]:34537 "EHLO lug-owl.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759635AbXFFL0I (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jun 2007 07:26:08 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:26:07 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: "Lars K.W. Gohlke" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: serio interface Message-ID: <20070606112607.GM2649@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: "Lars K.W. Gohlke" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <46667A3B.8070708@gmx.de> <20070606091503.GI2649@lug-owl.de> <46667FB9.70206@gmx.de> <20070606095159.GK2649@lug-owl.de> <46668ED5.5000807@gmx.de> <20070606104426.GL2649@lug-owl.de> <466691DD.9060904@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="1VtFtf1bAEcuptAG" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <466691DD.9060904@gmx.de> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.6.18-4-686 X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net X-Echelon-Enable: howto poison arsenous mail psychological biological nuclear warfare test the bombastical terror of flooding the spy listeners explosion sex drugs and rock'n'roll X-TKUeV: howto poison arsenous mail psychological biological nuclear warfare test the bombastical terror of flooding the spy listeners explosion sex drugs and rock'n'roll 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: 2134 Lines: 69 --1VtFtf1bAEcuptAG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2007-06-06 12:52:13 +0200, Lars K.W. Gohlke wrote: > Jan-Benedict Glaw schrieb: > > On Wed, 2007-06-06 12:39:17 +0200, Lars K.W. Gohlke wro= te: > > > Jan-Benedict Glaw schrieb: > > > > OTOH, why do you want to do the serial stuff in kernel land? Isn't = it > > > > a *lot* easier to do it in userspace? What's your specific device y= ou > > > > want to work on? > > > You didn't actually answer any of my questions. > sorry. >=20 > I want to use the interface aka /dev/ttyS0. > I want to process data inside of a kernel module to provide it /proc > (done) or as own char-dev (done). >=20 > but I can not grab the data. >=20 > It is part of my project in my studies. >=20 > It is more a conceptual work, but important. I want to release a howto, > when I complete. You still answer unasked questions. Please answer inline: * Why do you wanto to do the serial stuff in kernel land? * Isn't it easier to do it in userspace? * What specific device do you work on? * New: Is it a wise idea to do it in kernel land? The /proc filesystem has been somewhat obsoleted in favour of sysfs for device/driver information. --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de +49-172-7608481 Signature of: ...und wenn Du denkst, es geht nicht mehr, the second : kommt irgendwo ein Lichtlein her. --1VtFtf1bAEcuptAG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGZpnPHb1edYOZ4bsRAlwpAJsEIjlclrhWtFi4k99Qaqndl7I+iACfYgtD ltEnpDm1xF32BkIKYUINM+M= =GJmF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1VtFtf1bAEcuptAG-- - 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/