From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David H. Lynch Jr." Subject: CONFIG_CONSOLE_POLL Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 19:07:45 -0400 Message-ID: <482F6541.8080702@dlasys.net> Reply-To: dhlii@dlasys.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from outbound-mail-17.bluehost.com ([69.89.20.232]:59748 "HELO outbound-mail-17.bluehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754836AbYEQXOV (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 May 2008 19:14:21 -0400 Received: from [72.25.59.47] (helo=hp-dhlii.dlasys.lcl) by host200.hostmonster.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JxVV7-0001Zm-6Z for linux-serial@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 17 May 2008 17:07:41 -0600 Sender: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org To: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org One more try. Is CONFIG_CONSOLE_POLL intended to be used to implement general irqless serial functionality, such as for serial ports that have no irq, or is it more narrowly intended just for serial IO inside of an IRQ or dduring debugging ? -- Dave Lynch DLA Systems Software Development: Embedded Linux 717.627.3770 dhlii@dlasys.net http://www.dlasys.net fax: 1.253.369.9244 Cell: 1.717.587.7774 Over 25 years' experience in platforms, languages, and technologies too numerous to list. "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein