Re: [PATCH 1/1 -resend] Char: mxser, upgrade to 1.9.1

Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
2006-08-16T06:31:17Z

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 07:53, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:00:14 -0700
>
> Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Change driver according to original 1.9.1 moxa driver. Some int->ulong
> > conversions, outb ~UART_IER_THRI constant. Remove commented stuff.
> >
> > I also added printk line with info, if somebody wants to test it, he
> > should contact me as I can potentially debug the driver with him or just
> > to confirm it works properly.
>
> Ho hum, this is hard. I guess breaking the driver is one way to find out
> who is using it, but those who redistribute the kernel for a living might
> not appreciate the technique.
>
> Perhaps we could create an mxser-new.c and offer that in config, plan to
> remove mxser.c N months hence?

I can test the updated driver with MOXA CP-168U series board if it will
compile on 2.6.12.6. Unfortunately I can't change kernel to latest one there.
Will testing on 2.6.12.6 be enough for you?

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