From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Edwards Subject: Re: RFC: out-of-tree tty driver breakage (changing ASYNC_ bits) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:53:20 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <5692D054.7050203@hurleysoftware.com> <20160111044204.GB12741@kroah.com> Return-path: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org On 2016-01-11, Greg KH wrote: > On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 01:42:44PM -0800, Peter Hurley wrote: > >> This will break out-of-tree drivers but I don't really see a >> realistic alternative. Also, I think the new symbol prefix ASY_ isn't >> great and I'd like to get some suggestions. > > Don't worry about breaking out-of-tree drivers, that's fine. One request from this maintainer of several out-of-tree drivers: if you break something, break it such that it won't compile. It would be nice to avoid changes that break functionality but still compile without warning. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Where do your SOCKS at go when you lose them in gmail.com th' WASHER?