From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.171]:51886 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750976Ab0JMUKd (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:10:33 -0400 From: Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: DCC(JTAG) serial and console emulation support Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:10:16 +0200 References: <1286305668-19987-1-git-send-email-dwalker@codeaurora.org> <201010132145.30550.arnd@arndb.de> <1286999522.28336.15.camel@c-dwalke-linux.qualcomm.com> In-Reply-To: <1286999522.28336.15.camel@c-dwalke-linux.qualcomm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201010132210.17061.arnd@arndb.de> Sender: linux-arm-msm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: Daniel Walker , Tony Lindgren , linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, "Hyok S. Choi" , Jeff Ohlstein On Wednesday 13 October 2010 21:52:02 Daniel Walker wrote: > > Seriously, I don't think you need it, but if you really do, we can probably > > find a way to work around this by changing the base hvc driver. > > I think we would have to add something that allows different major/minor > numbers, because something that includes the name "Hypervisor" shouldn't > be used for something general.. /dev/hvcX is also registered for "IBM > iSeries/pSeries virtual console" (according to www.lanana.org) which is > confusing .. That only means we need to update the lanana entry now that the hvc driver is used on nine different platforms (not including yours) instead of ust pSeries. Feel free to come up with a backronym for HVC if you're uncomfortable with the old "hypervisor console" name. Arnd From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann) Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:10:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] serial: DCC(JTAG) serial and console emulation support In-Reply-To: <1286999522.28336.15.camel@c-dwalke-linux.qualcomm.com> References: <1286305668-19987-1-git-send-email-dwalker@codeaurora.org> <201010132145.30550.arnd@arndb.de> <1286999522.28336.15.camel@c-dwalke-linux.qualcomm.com> Message-ID: <201010132210.17061.arnd@arndb.de> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wednesday 13 October 2010 21:52:02 Daniel Walker wrote: > > Seriously, I don't think you need it, but if you really do, we can probably > > find a way to work around this by changing the base hvc driver. > > I think we would have to add something that allows different major/minor > numbers, because something that includes the name "Hypervisor" shouldn't > be used for something general.. /dev/hvcX is also registered for "IBM > iSeries/pSeries virtual console" (according to www.lanana.org) which is > confusing .. That only means we need to update the lanana entry now that the hvc driver is used on nine different platforms (not including yours) instead of ust pSeries. Feel free to come up with a backronym for HVC if you're uncomfortable with the old "hypervisor console" name. Arnd