Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] serial: 8250: allow user to skip using of DMA channels

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 01:52:52PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Currently DMA mode is enforced if the certain driver has such support. It
> prevents user to enforce PIO mode for RX, TX, or both.
> 
> The new module parameters skip_rxdma and skip_txdma allow user to choose
> between auto mode, which is current and default behaviour, disable RX, TX, or
> both DMA channels without hacking a kernel.

hahahaha, no.

This isn't the 1990's, we don't add new module parameters, sorry.  Think
about what this would do for multiple ports...

If this is a "hacking only" thing, then use debugfs, that is what it is
there for.

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



[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Security]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Linux PPP]     [Linux FS]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Samba]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Linmodem]     [Device Mapper]     [Linux Kernel for ARM]

  Powered by Linux