Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:04:08 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 14/14] tty: gunyah: Add tty console driver for RM Console Services | From | Elliot Berman <> |
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On 10/10/2022 11:22 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 01:58:00PM -0700, Elliot Berman wrote: >> >> >> On 10/10/2022 1:23 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >>> On Sun, Oct 09, 2022 at 01:59:21PM -0700, Elliot Berman wrote: >>>> >>>>>>> On 10/7/2022 12:40 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >>>>> On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 10:59:51PM -0700, Elliot Berman wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> "GH" is the shorthand we've been using for "Gunyah". I didn't find >>>>>> documentation for dynamically assigned char devices, but if it exists, I can >>>>>> add entry for ttyGH. >>>>> >>>>> Why use a new name at all? Why not stick with the existing tty names >>>>> and device numbers? >>>>> >>>> >>>> I can use hvc framework, although driver-level buffering is needed on >>>> both the get_chars/put_chars paths because: >>> >>> I'm not asking about the framework (although that is a good question, >>> you need to document why this has to be new.) I'm asking why pick a new >>> name? You will not have a name conflict in your system with this device >>> with any other tty name right? >>> >> >> That's correct, I didn't see any other instances of "ttyGH" in kernel. > > Do you see any instances of ttyS? Any other existing name? Why pick a > new name at all? > > And if you do pick a new name, you need to document it really really > well, not bury it downn within the tty driver code. >
Seems other drivers are adding a comment in Kconfig help text. I can do the same.
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