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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 08:40:58 -0700
From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: DCC(JTAG) serial and console emulation support
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On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 08:23:54AM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote:
> > And if your hypothetical user isn't able to do this then maybe instead of
> > trying to screw up the kernel for everyone they should ask an
> > undergraduate student who is smart enough to help them.
> 
> I don't think the kernel is going to implode if we allow an optional
> ttyS override for debugging purposes.. I just don't see that "screwing"
> up the kernel. I can even embedded that inside the C file, and not make
> it a Kconfig option ..

I admire your persistence, but perhaps you should take a step back and
look at the history here.  You just want this override.  Then someone
else does, and then, someone else.  Eventually we are all overridden.

Remember, you aren't unique here, as much as you might feel like you are
:)

Please listen to what Alan and Mike are saying, experience matters, and
they are trying to impart it to you, despite your most fervent attempts
to avoid it.

good luck,

greg k-h