From: Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@pld-linux.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
support@moxa.com.tw
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 -resend] Char: mxser, upgrade to 1.9.1
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:31:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200608160831.12848.arekm@pld-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060815225346.cf7ca950.akpm@osdl.org>
On Wednesday 16 August 2006 07:53, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:00:14 -0700
>
> Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Change driver according to original 1.9.1 moxa driver. Some int->ulong
> > conversions, outb ~UART_IER_THRI constant. Remove commented stuff.
> >
> > I also added printk line with info, if somebody wants to test it, he
> > should contact me as I can potentially debug the driver with him or just
> > to confirm it works properly.
>
> Ho hum, this is hard. I guess breaking the driver is one way to find out
> who is using it, but those who redistribute the kernel for a living might
> not appreciate the technique.
>
> Perhaps we could create an mxser-new.c and offer that in config, plan to
> remove mxser.c N months hence?
I can test the updated driver with MOXA CP-168U series board if it will
compile on 2.6.12.6. Unfortunately I can't change kernel to latest one there.
Will testing on 2.6.12.6 be enough for you?
--
Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz PLD/Linux Team
arekm / maven.pl http://ftp.pld-linux.org/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-08-16 6:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-15 11:00 [PATCH 1/1 -resend] Char: mxser, upgrade to 1.9.1 Jiri Slaby
2006-08-16 5:53 ` Andrew Morton
2006-08-16 6:31 ` Arkadiusz Miskiewicz [this message]
2006-08-16 6:45 ` Andrew Morton
2006-08-16 9:27 ` Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
2006-08-16 9:53 ` Jiri Slaby
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