Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 May 2008 09:50:49 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/20] Implment a tty port structure and supporting logic |
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On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 03:50:07PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Right now each tty has its own port level structure which means we can share > no code between ports. Introduce a structure and some initial minor helper > routines so that we can move towards commonality. In doing this the USB serial > code gets a bit of shake up as it kept using port->tty unsafely. Fixing that > means changing the API of all the USB serial drivers. On the bright side the > API now looks far more like the tty layer API which will become useful later > on.
Very nice.
If you don't mind, I'll be glad to take this through my tree as you are touching the usb-serial drivers so much. Andrew, any objection to this?
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Odd, I don't see you modifing this file in your patch series...
thanks,
greg k-h
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