From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Chris_Dor=E9?= Subject: Adding new driver - looking for suggestions Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:37:05 -0400 Message-ID: <000001c7c24f$c4401f10$7a4b82ce@connecttech.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from inetc.connecttech.com ([64.7.140.42]:4070 "EHLO inetc.connecttech.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753625AbXGIR7h (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:59:37 -0400 Received: from connecttech.com (cti2.connecttech.com [206.130.75.42]) by inetc.connecttech.com (8.13.3P/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l69HbOqL093149 for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:37:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from cdore@connecttech.com) Received: from cdore (cdore.connecttech.com [206.130.75.122]) by connecttech.com (8.10.1/UW7.1.1-NSCd) with ESMTP id l69Hb4J11511 for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:37:04 -0400 (EDT) Sender: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org To: linux-serial Hi all, We would like to add support for our (Connect Tech) multi-port serial adapters to the kernel. Currently there is some limited support for some of our cards already in 8250_pci, however we have some specific functionality on our cards that we would like to add. We already have a patch for 8250 (and friends) to add the new functionality, however I'm starting to think that it may be better to create a separate driver, based on 8250/8250_pci, for our specific boards/needs only. I'm looking for any suggestions on what we should possibly do. A current patch can be found here: ftp://ftp.connecttech.com/pub/misc/bhbltnptm-2.6.21.patch Thanks, Chris