Re: [PATCH V2 01/10] tty: Fallback to use dynamic major number

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On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 03:37:16PM -0800, Kevin Cernekee wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:53:58PM -0800, Kevin Cernekee wrote:
> >> From: Tushar Behera <tushar.behera@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This email bounces, so I'm going to have to reject this patch.  I can't
> > accept a patch from a "fake" person, let alone something that touches
> > core code like this.
> >
> > Sorry, I can't accept anything in this series then.
> 
> Oops, guess I probably should have updated his address after the V1
> emails bounced...
> 
> Before I send a new version, what do you think about the overall
> approach?  Should we try to make serial8250 coexist with the other
> "ttyS / major 4 / minor 64" drivers (possibly at the expense of
> compatibility) or is it better to start with a simpler, cleaner driver
> like serial/pxa?

We can't do anything "at the expense of compatibility", sorry.
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