From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: David Hinds <dhinds@sonic.net>
Cc: damjan@bagra.net.mk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
trivial@rustcorp.com.au, dahinds@users.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Trivial patch for drivers/serial/8250_cs
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 01:15:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030826011509.K16790@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030825154829.B20096@sonic.net>; from dhinds@sonic.net on Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 03:48:29PM -0700
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 03:48:29PM -0700, David Hinds wrote:
> I would say that "serial_cs" is more accurate since this is the driver
> for cards that conform to the standard for PCMCIA serial interfaces.
> Renaming to "8250_cs" is obfuscatory and pointlessly breaks config
> files for previous kernel versions. It is second in foolishness only
> to the genious who thought renaming "ide_cs" to "ide-cs" was a good
> idea.
Yep, and I've also said that I intend changing it back to serial_cs.
I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
--
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-25 21:27 Trivial patch for drivers/serial/8250_cs Дамјан Георгиевски
2003-08-25 22:48 ` David Hinds
2003-08-26 0:15 ` Russell King [this message]
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