Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] Add support for MaxLinear/Exar USB to serial converters

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Wed Jul 01 2020 - 03:50:59 EST


On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 08:01:36PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 09:38:06PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > This series adds support for MaxLinear/Exar USB to serial converters.
> > This driver only supports XR21V141X series but it can easily be extended
> > to other series in future.
> >
> > This driver is inspired from the initial one submitted by Patong Yang:
> >
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10543261/
> >
> > While the initial driver was a custom tty USB driver exposing whole
> > new serial interface ttyXRUSBn, this version is completely based on USB
> > serial core thus exposing the interfaces as ttyUSBn. This will avoid
> > the overhead of exposing a new USB serial interface which the userspace
> > tools are unaware of.
> >
> > This series has been tested with Hikey970 board hosting XR21V141X chip.
> >
>
> Gentle ping on this series!

You sending this in reply to your superseded v4. Please make sure to
always increment the revision number when updating a series, including
when changing authorship.

Johan