Re: [PATCH] Altix console driver

[Pete Zaitcev]

>> Just a simple addition to drivers/char for the Altix serial console.
>> 
>>  MAINTAINERS              |    6 
>>  drivers/char/Kconfig     |   16 
>>  drivers/char/Makefile    |    1 
>>  drivers/char/sn_serial.c | 1189 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> Would it be more appropriate to place this under arch/ia64?

It was discussed on other occasions, and it "was decided"
(sprinkled with holy penguin pee) that such things go into
drivers/, e.g. drivers/serial/sunsu.c is Sun-specific,
but it helps to keep it near drivers/serial/8250.c, for
diffing. If an additional API is involved, e.g.
sbus_alloc_consistent, drivers get a subdir like
drivers/sbus or drivers/s390. Also, you never know
when sharing hits you across the head, e.g. sparc, sparc64,
and m68k (for sun3) share some drivers.

-- Pete
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/