Re: [PATCH v2 net] ptp: ocp: adjust serial port symlink creation

[Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>]

On 04/06/2024 12:50, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 01:39:21PM +0100, Vadim Fedorenko wrote:
>> On 10/05/2024 12:13, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>> On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 11:04:05AM +0000, Vadim Fedorenko wrote:
>>>> The commit b286f4e87e32 ("serial: core: Move tty and serdev to be children
>>>> of serial core port device") changed the hierarchy of serial port devices
>>>> and device_find_child_by_name cannot find ttyS* devices because they are
>>>> no longer directly attached. Add some logic to restore symlinks creation
>>>> to the driver for OCP TimeCard.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: b286f4e87e32 ("serial: core: Move tty and serdev to be children of serial core port device")
>>>> Signed-off-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>
>>>> ---
>>>> v2:
>>>>    add serial/8250 maintainers
>>>> ---
>>>>    drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++---------
>>>>    1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
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>>
>> Hi Greg!
>>
>> Just gentle ping, I'm still looking for better solution for serial
>> device lookup in TimeCard driver.
> 
> See my comment on the other patch in this thread.
> 
> In short, you shouldn't need to do any of this.

Got it, thanks. I'll try to find another way.


> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h