From: Abdoulaye Walsimou GAYE <awg@embtoolkit.org>
To: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
Cc: Charles Manning <manningc2@actrix.gen.nz>, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is changing serial from /dev/ttySx to /dev/ttyOx a good idea?
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:20:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D0F03D3.7040506@embtoolkit.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=P58XerK8jdyvfT9JS6tU3U11tYP=KH4_B-cn=@mail.gmail.com>
On 12/20/2010 04:04 AM, Ming Lei wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2010/12/20 Charles Manning<manningc2@actrix.gen.nz>:
>> Hi All
>>
>> With the change to the new omap-serial stuff, the device names have changed
>> from /dev/ttySn to /dev/ttyOn.
>>
>> Using the "fit/form/function" argument, this would seem to be a bad idea.
>>
>> The kernel does not exist in a vacuum. It is surrounded by u-boot scripts,
>> command line options, init scripts etc etc. Flipping back and forth between
>> 2.6.36 and 2.6.37 kernels for testing purposes needs these to be changed.
>> Annoying and anti-productive.
>>
>> Isn't it just better to just replace the ttyOn name with ttyS. That would make
>> a far smoother transition.
>>
>> Thoughts?
> In fact, the transition is not friendly indeed for a user. I don't know why
> the transition is introduced, for what purpose? Who can give a explanation?
>
> thanks,
Hello,
And another question, why there is no entry in Documentation/devices.txt?
Regards,
AWG
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-20 7:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-20 2:46 Is changing serial from /dev/ttySx to /dev/ttyOx a good idea? Charles Manning
2010-12-20 3:04 ` Ming Lei
2010-12-20 4:28 ` Abraham Arce
2010-12-20 7:34 ` Ming Lei
2010-12-20 11:21 ` Koen Kooi
2010-12-20 7:20 ` Abdoulaye Walsimou GAYE [this message]
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