From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263473AbTDDJOQ (for ); Fri, 4 Apr 2003 04:14:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263475AbTDDJOQ (for ); Fri, 4 Apr 2003 04:14:16 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:12293 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263473AbTDDJOJ (for ); Fri, 4 Apr 2003 04:14:09 -0500 Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:25:35 +0100 From: Russell King To: jt@hpl.hp.com Cc: Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: uart_ioctl OOPS with irtty-sir Message-ID: <20030404102535.A29313@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: jt@hpl.hp.com, Linux kernel mailing list References: <20030404013405.GA19446@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: <20030404013405.GA19446@bougret.hpl.hp.com>; from jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com on Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 05:34:05PM -0800 X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Microsoft Outlook is vurnerable to viruses. See www.mutt.org for more details. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 05:34:05PM -0800, Jean Tourrilhes wrote: > Unfortunately, the irtty-sir driver, which is a TTY line > discipline and a network driver, need to be able to change the RTS and > DTR line from a kernel thread. I'd prefer if we added an tty API to allow line disciplines to read/set the modem control lines to the tty later, rather than having line disciplines play games with IOCTLs. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html