From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 13:23:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 13:23:11 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:35086 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 13:23:02 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 18:22:21 +0100 From: Russell King To: Vojtech Pavlik Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu Subject: Re: [driver] New life for Serial mice Message-ID: <20010606182221.B30546@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010606125556.A1766@suse.cz> <3B1E5AE0.9202DD00@mandrakesoft.com> <20010606190158.A2010@suse.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010606190158.A2010@suse.cz>; from vojtech@suse.cz on Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 07:01:58PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 07:01:58PM +0200, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 12:31:28PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > hmmm. I just looked over this, and drivers/char/joystick/ser*.[ch]. > > > > Bad trend. > > > > Serial needs to be treated just like parport: the basic hardware code, > > then on top of that, a selection of drivers, all peers: dumb serial > > port, serial mouse, joystick, etc. > > Agreed. Completely. I suggest that if someone is thinking about this that they look at serial_core.c in the ARM patch hunk. (ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/pub/armlinux/source/kernel-patches/v2.4/) Note that you shouldn't apply the whole patch - it probably won't compile for anything but ARM atm. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html