Re: [PATCH 18/19] serdev: ttydev: Serdev driver that creates an standard TTY port

[Ricardo Ribalda Delgado]

Hi Andy
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 3:42 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 4:10 PM, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado
> <ricardo.ribalda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Standard TTY port that can be loaded/unloaded via serdev sysfs. This
> > serdev driver can only be used by serdev controllers that are compatible
> > with ttyport.
>
> > +config SERIAL_DEV_CTRL_TTYDEV
> > +       tristate "TTY port dynamically loaded by the Serial Device Bus"
> > +       help
> > +         Say Y here if you want to create a bridge driver between the Serial
> > +         device bus and the TTY chardevice. This driver can be dynamically
> > +         loaded/unloaded by the Serial Device Bus.
> > +
> > +         If unsure, say Y.
> > +       depends on SERIAL_DEV_CTRL_TTYPORT
>
> > +       default m
>
> Hmm... Can't we survive w/o this by default?

If this module is not available and serdev is enabled the user would
miss his /dev/ttyS* nodes, so I rather leave this on.

>
> > +static int __init ttydev_serdev_init(void)
> > +{
> > +       return serdev_device_driver_register(&ttydev_serdev_driver);
> > +}
> > +module_init(ttydev_serdev_init);
> > +
> > +static void __exit ttydev_serdev_exit(void)
> > +{
> > +       return serdev_device_driver_unregister(&ttydev_serdev_driver);
> > +}
> > +module_exit(ttydev_serdev_exit);
>
> Isn't above is just a macro in serdev.h?
> I.e. module_serdev_device_driver().

ACK, thanks!
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko

Best regards

-- 
Ricardo Ribalda