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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC 0/5] tty: move stuff around
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On Monday 30 August 2010 20:47:37 Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:06:30PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > 
> > After fighting with the BKL removal in tty, I realized that the
> > files in drivers/char could use a reorganization to split the
> > tty files from those drivers that have nothing to do with ttys.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> I like the idea, and after you've worked out with Alan which ones should
> be "deleted" and others moved around, I'll be glad to apply these types
> of patches.
> 
> Oh, we shouldn't just delete the drivers, we can move them to
> drivers/staging/ where they will then be removed after 2 kernel releases
> if no one steps up to fix/maintain them.  That's the "proper" way to
> depreciate a driver.

Ok, I was already wondering if this would be the right way.


With the feedback I have so far, I think we have

drivers/char/tty_*      -> tty/*
drivers/char/{vt stuff} -> tty/vt/
drivers/char/hvc_*      -> drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_*
drivers/serial/*        -> drivers/tty/serial/*
drivers/usb/serial      -> drivers/usb/serial

cyclades,moxa,mxser     -> drivers/tty/hw/

stallion,istallion,
epca,specialix,ip2,
riscom,isicom           -> drivers/staging/tty/*

generic_serial,vme_scc,
ser_a2232,sx,rio        -> drivers/staging/generic_serial/*

amiserial,nozomi,
serial167,synclink      -> drivers/tty/hw (?)

bfin_jtag_comm          -> drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_bfin_jtag (?)

rocket,ipwireless       -> drivers/staging/tty/* (?)

I'll wait a few days for other suggestions and then prepare
a new patch series.

	Arnd
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