Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] Add support for MaxLinear/Exar USB to serial converters

[Johan Hovold]

On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 04:21:28PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 10:38:19PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > 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://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/20180404070634.nhspvmxcjwfgjkcv@advantechmxl-desktop
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > NOTE: I've removed all reviews and tested-by tags as the code has gone
> > through substantial rework. Greg, Linus, Mauro please consider reviewing
> > again.
> > 
> 
> Any chance to get this series into v5.11?

No, sorry, reviewing this one again will be at the top of my list after
the merge window opens. Hopefully we'll have reached some conclusions
regarding the line names by then too.

Johan