Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764600AbYBLXN4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:13:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762800AbYBLXL6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:11:58 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:42928 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760523AbYBLXLz (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:11:55 -0500 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:01:32 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: Al Viro Cc: Andrew Morton , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com, jeff@garzik.org, davem@davemloft.net, arjan@infradead.org, greg@kroah.com, sfr@canb.auug.org.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-next@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Announce: Linux-next (Or Andrew's dream :-)) Message-ID: <20080212230132.2ea5befd@core> In-Reply-To: <20080212224103.GK27894@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <1202838082.3137.54.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1202840682.3137.83.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20080212194100.GH27894@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20080212215152.1470fe7f@core> <20080212141726.1e214729.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080212222044.214ad821@core> <20080212224103.GK27894@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 787 Lines: 20 > Hrm... How badly is pl2303 broken? I actually use that sucker, so if > it needs help - count me in. 2303 is pretty good (in fact by usb serial standards outstanding). It has all the internal locking needed for now and right down to killing lock_kernel entirely outside of open/close (which is going to hit everything). Only fixme I have tagged for it is - if you set an unsupported baud rate it reports it set rather than the one you got Which is a trivial mend for someone who has suitable docs (its marked FIXME: at the right spot) -- 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/