On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:37:16 -0800 , Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@xxxxxxxxx> 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? Co-existing really needs to be fixed. The way to handle this might be to blacklist the creation of the first 4 8250 devices on certain platforms. It's going to be painful unfortunately. g.
