Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 08 Apr 2003 11:42:15 +0200 | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] New kernel tree for embedded linux |
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On Tuesday 08 April 2003 10:34, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 20:40, Jörn Engel wrote: > > Some more partitioning code that only applies to spinning discs of > > some sort (ide, scsi) or code that emulates spinning discs is always > > included. No config option. > > We definitely want CONFIG_BLK_DEV. CONFIG_SWAP is a good start. > > > Another one is serial.c. In an ltp test run, plus serial console, some > > 90% were unused. And the code gave me some shivers. Volunteers? > > The new serial code is somewhat nicer. Still contains unconditional > support for a lot of bizarre 8250 variations, but I don't think that's > really taking up much space though. This driver should really supersede the ugly drivers/char/serial.c. And its definitly usefull for all embedded systems, not only for x86 based stuff.
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