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, 28 Aug 2002 19:12:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 19:12:19 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:37385 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 19:12:18 -0400 Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 00:16:38 +0100 From: Russell King To: jt@hpl.hp.com Cc: Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: [BUG/PATCH] : bug in tty_default_put_char() Message-ID: <20020829001638.A28455@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20020826180749.GA8630@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <20020826203126.C4763@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20020826195346.GC8749@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <20020826210159.E4763@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20020826201732.GE8749@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <20020826212223.H4763@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20020828224103.GC12472@bougret.hpl.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020828224103.GC12472@bougret.hpl.hp.com>; from jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com on Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 03:41:03PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 03:41:03PM -0700, Jean Tourrilhes wrote: > Patch below allow to set "uart=none", which is necessary for > FIR hardware. Patch for 2.5.31. Ok, thanks. > The write is comming from the PPP line discipline. If PPP > can't transmit the data, it just drops it and assume higher layers > will retry. This is true for TCP, but not for "chat". Last time I read the pppd code, chat doesn't talk via the ppp code, but via the serial device itself. I'm still confused about this report, since it could mean something is very wrong somewhere and not knowing where is really bugging me. I really don't like sleeping problems that come back to bite later. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html