Hi Peter,
On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> /*
>> * Indicate that there isn't a port here anymore.
>> */
>> uport->type = PORT_UNKNOWN;
>>
>> state->uart_port = NULL;
>
> How did this ever work?
>
> Detaching the ll driver from the tty port in this manner is not ok;
> as you already note, it blows up if consoles are still running.
No one unbinds serial drivers using serial_core, as all these drivers are
for fixed hardware?
Hot-pluggable usb-serial doesn't use serial_core.
Thanks!
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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