From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:57:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:57:43 -0400 Received: from 12-231-243-94.client.attbi.com ([12.231.243.94]:25861 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:57:38 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 08:59:42 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Russell King Cc: Stuart MacDonald , Matthew Wilcox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] 3 Serial issues up for discussion (was: Re: Serial core problems on embedded PPC) Message-ID: <20020730155942.GD15359@kroah.com> References: <20020729040824.GA2351@zax> <20020729100009.A23843@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20020729144408.GA11206@opus.bloom.county> <20020729181702.E25451@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20020729231927.D3317@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <008801c237d6$8b7dc640$294b82ce@connecttech.com> <20020730161940.P1441@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <00f801c237df$d09d4e40$294b82ce@connecttech.com> <20020730165351.C7677@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020730165351.C7677@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.21 (i586) Reply-By: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 14:38:27 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 04:53:51PM +0100, Russell King wrote: > 2. USB devices want "packets" of data to write rather than the ring- > buffer we currently use for UARTs. The driver could be changed to handle a ring buffer, if it's too tough. As long as it's ok to grab a very large chunk of data out of the ring buffer all at once :) Time to look at the serial changes more closely... thanks, greg k-h