Hi Peter,
On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 03/11/2014 06:58 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> 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?
>
> Yep, never tested until now :)
> Do you need this to work?
Well, "need" may be a bit strong. Crashes are not so nice.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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