Re: [RFC 0/5] tty: move stuff around

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Monday 30 August 2010 15:00:54 Alan Cox wrote:
> > 
> > Are they all candidates for a conversion to serial_core then?
> > Or are they not sufficiently 8250-like?
> 
> Please don't convert stuff to serial_core - it's got some horrible
> problems with adapting to the new locking model, its buffering model
> pre-dates kfifo and all in all serial_core needs a rewrite not more users.

Ok. I was under the illusion that drivers/serial contained the good
stuff while drivers/char/ had all the bad serial drivers that nobody
cared to convert. Do I understand you correctly that there is actually
not a single serial driver that can serve as a good example for other
drivers then?

	Arnd
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