Re: Out of tree GPL serial tty driver help?

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:10:14AM -0400, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> >Also, any reason why these drivers aren't in the main kernel tree?  If
> >they were, all of this work would have been done for you :)
> >
> 
> Yes, I wish they were in the kernel. I've had to maintain them since
> the 2.6 days because Digi just won't do it and their cards do what
> we need quite well and are still current products. Ya, you can buy a
> brand new one but the latest kernel supported is 2.6. I think Digi
> at one point long ago may have tried the "in kernel" route but you
> probably know more about that than I do.
> 
> Since 2.6, the maintenance on these hasn't been to bad, until udev
> came along. But I guess after 3.4 the tty layer is going through
> quite some changes that I have yet to understand.

And there will be lots more changes happening to it in the future.  Why
not submit the drivers now (after you get them working)?

> Actually, we also have 3-4 of our own "out of kernel" GPL drivers
> that I would love to see in the kernel. They are mature and only
> require changes when something in the kernel changes. That's another
> story though.

Why not submit those as well?  What's keeping you from doing this?

thanks,

greg k-h