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From:	David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 29/37] Don't clobber spinlocks in 8250.
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Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, ddaney@caviumnetworks.com wrote:
> 
>> From: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>
>>
>> In serial8250_isa_init_ports(), the port's lock is initialized.  We
>> should not overwrite it.  Only copy in the fields we need.
> 
>  I suggest you to send all the 8250 patches to 
> linux-serial@vger.kernel.org and most probably the LKML.  I don't think 
> the relevant maintainers read this list -- note that they will be the 
> general Linux maintainers as the serial subsystem doesn't have a dedicated 
> one at the moment.  Please always consult the MAINTAINERS file before 
> posting patches (see Documentation/SubmittingPatches too).

Thanks, we are aware of this.  All the serial patches had been 
previously sent as you suggest.

The next revision of this patch set will go to a wider audience, 
including linux-serial@ as appropriate.

David Daney