On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:10:14AM -0400, Mark Hounschell wrote: > >Also, any reason why these drivers aren't in the main kernel tree? If > >they were, all of this work would have been done for you :) > > > > Yes, I wish they were in the kernel. I've had to maintain them since > the 2.6 days because Digi just won't do it and their cards do what > we need quite well and are still current products. Ya, you can buy a > brand new one but the latest kernel supported is 2.6. I think Digi > at one point long ago may have tried the "in kernel" route but you > probably know more about that than I do. > > Since 2.6, the maintenance on these hasn't been to bad, until udev > came along. But I guess after 3.4 the tty layer is going through > quite some changes that I have yet to understand. And there will be lots more changes happening to it in the future. Why not submit the drivers now (after you get them working)? > Actually, we also have 3-4 of our own "out of kernel" GPL drivers > that I would love to see in the kernel. They are mature and only > require changes when something in the kernel changes. That's another > story though. Why not submit those as well? What's keeping you from doing this? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
