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 17:09:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 17:09:22 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:19219 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 17:09:09 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 22:08:32 +0100 From: Russell King To: James Simmons Cc: Vojtech Pavlik , Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu Subject: Re: [driver] New life for Serial mice Message-ID: <20010606220832.A31009@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010606182221.B30546@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jsimmons@transvirtual.com on Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 01:20:53PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 01:20:53PM -0700, James Simmons wrote: > Never noticed it until now. Very nice patch :-) I have to agree as well. > It would be nice if we had > > 1) A seperate serial directory under drivers. > > 2) A nice structure that input devices and the tty layer can use. It is > just a waste to go threw the tty layer for input devices. It would also > make serial driver writing easier if the api is designed right :-) I am planning some day (don't know when yet though) to convert the 16x50 driver over to the serial_core stuff. NB, Ted Tytso mentioned something at the 2.5 conference about integrating some of the serial layer with the tty layer. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html