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From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: DDD <dongdong.deng@windriver.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
	jason.wessel@windriver.com, galak@kernel.crashing.org,
	bruce.ashfield@windriver.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: cpm_uart: implement the cpm_uart_early_write() function for console poll
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:37:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100618023758.GA10393@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C1AD5A8.1030203@windriver.com>

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:10:48AM +0800, DDD wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> >On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:13:40AM +0800, Dongdong Deng wrote:
> >>The cpm_uart_early_write() function which was used for console poll
> >>isn't implemented in the cpm uart driver.
> >>
> >>Implementing this function both fixes the build and allows
> >>kgdboc to work via the cpm uart.
> >
> >So this is needed for the .35 release, right?  Any older kernel releases
> >as well?
> 
> Yes, it is needed for the .35 release.
> 
> The cpm_uart_early_write() of cpm_uart was introduced at 2.6.27,
> so this patch is needed from 2.6.27.

So no one has noticed that the driver doesn't build at all since the .27
kernel release?  Over 2 years?  I hardly think that it's a rush to fix
it over the next few weeks then :)

I'll go queue it up.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2010-06-18  2:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-17  3:13 [PATCH] serial: cpm_uart: implement the cpm_uart_early_write() function for console poll Dongdong Deng
2010-06-17 17:31 ` Greg KH
2010-06-18  2:10   ` DDD
2010-06-18  2:37     ` Greg KH [this message]
2010-06-18  2:58       ` DDD

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