Re: [PATCH] USB serial: update the console driver

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On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 03:29:59PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> This patch (as1292) modifies the USB serial console driver, to make it
> compatible with the recent changes to the USB serial core.  The most
> important change is that serial->disc_mutex now has to be unlocked
> following a successful call to usb_serial_get_by_index().
> 
> Other less notable changes include:
> 
> 	Use the requested port number instead of port 0 always.
> 
> 	Prevent the serial device from being autosuspended.
> 
> 	Use the ASYNCB_INITIALIZED flag bit to indicate when the
> 	port hardware has been initialized.
> 
> In spite of these changes, there's no question that the USB serial
> console code is still a big hack.

It was a hack based on a dare after a night of drinking, and it shows :)

Thanks for the patch, I'll queue it up.

greg k-h
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