From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262331AbVERSZb (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 14:25:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262273AbVERSZB (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 14:25:01 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:37076 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262267AbVERSXJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 14:23:09 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 11:28:23 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Stefan Smietanowski Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, MCU.Tools@silabs.com Subject: Re: Linux support for SiLabs CP210x devices Message-ID: <20050518182821.GA18855@kroah.com> References: <20041118173908.GA10667@kroah.com> <20050518155815.GA16544@kroah.com> <428B82A5.6080705@stesmi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <428B82A5.6080705@stesmi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 08:00:05PM +0200, Stefan Smietanowski wrote: > Is this for real? What exactly do they think they're trying to pull > here? Yes this is for real, and I have no idea what they are trying to do. > I've seen borderline violations but this .. this .. this .. > > If the .h file was bad, the .c's are worse. Yes it is. And because of this I know of at least one company that has switched their hardware design away from using this chip already. Hopefully everyone else will do the same (with the prolifieration of cheap, usb to serial chips, that work well with Linux, there is no reason anyone should use this device.) thanks, greg k-h