Peter Hurley, on Tue 19 Apr 2016 11:35:21 -0700, wrote: > On 04/19/2016 11:26 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Peter Hurley, on Tue 19 Apr 2016 11:22:46 -0700, wrote: > >> On 04/19/2016 10:48 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > >>> From the kernel, open a serial port, and write/read text to/from it, > >>> before /dev is mounted. > >> > >> Ok, good luck with that. > > > > It's not a question of luck, but of will. I don't see any reason why > > there shouldn't be a function which takes a major/minor pair, and > > returns a filp. > > It's not clear that this is the only possible solution, simply > because you declare it is. I never said it was. I'm just saying it really looks like a possible solution. So it's not a question a of luck: either that solution gets implemented, or another, even better. > > It's a shame that such a basic need for people who can't see has been > > receiving such kind of attitude for decades from kernel maintainers. > > My attempt to understand the requirements was genuine. Ok, but then what does "good luck with that" mean? Samuel -- 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
