From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750745AbVHLRav (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:30:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750746AbVHLRav (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:30:51 -0400 Received: from e35.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.133]:53427 "EHLO e35.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750745AbVHLRav (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:30:51 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add removal schedule of register_serial/unregister_serial to appropriate file From: Max Asbock To: Russell King Cc: Linux Kernel List , vernux@us.ibm.com In-Reply-To: <20050714203321.E10410@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20050623142335.A5564@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20050714203321.E10410@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1123867834.17335.73.camel@w-amax> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:30:34 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 12:33, Russell King wrote: > On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 02:23:35PM +0100, Russell King wrote: > > + > > +--------------------------- > > + > > +What: register_serial/unregister_serial > > +When: December 2005 > > +Why: This interface does not allow serial ports to be registered against > > + a struct device, and as such does not allow correct power management > > + of such ports. 8250-based ports should use serial8250_register_port > > + and serial8250_unregister_port instead. > > +Who: Russell King > > I think it's about time to make the build a little more vocal about the > expiry of these functions. Due to recent discussions with problems in > the console initialisation vs power manglement, I'd like to move the > date forward to September. > I am converting the ibmasm driver that uses (un)register_serial to use serial_8250_(un)register_port. However I find function prototypes for the new interfaces only in linux/drivers/char/8250.h. Is there a reason there aren't any extern declarations for these functions in linux/include/serial.h or linux/include/serial_8250.h? thanks, max