On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 02:27:07PM -0700, Rob Duncan wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On Sep 29, 2009, at 1:31 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:34:40PM -0700, Rob Duncan wrote: > >> I'm about to start work on a new USB serial driver and I'd like to > >> know which currently existing driver is recommended to be used as a > >> model to base my code on. Ideally it will be not too feature-rich, > >> not too idiosyncratic, use the latest APIs in the best way, and have > >> good performance, etc. My driver will go back into the public kernel > >> tree when it's done. > > > > It depends on what your device looks like. If it is "one tty per usb > > endpoint pair", then you can just use the usb-generic driver and > > overload a few basic functions for flow control. > > > > If it is more complex, with multiple tty ports for a single USB > > endpoint, then you might want to look at the edgeport driver, but > > clean > > it up a bunch. > > > > What device is this for? > > Thanks very much for the suggestions. Initially the driver will be to > support the XR21V1414 multi-tty device, but I hope it'll be > straightforward to handle other products as well. So I'll start by > looking at the edgeport code. Are there particular issues with that > driver I should beware of? Yes, it's more complex than it needs to be in places :) good luck, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
