Re: [PATCH] serial: DCC(JTAG) serial and console emulation support

Daniel Walker
2010-10-07T19:59:19Z

On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 15:48 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> i dont think hijacking the "ttyS" namespace is acceptable, even if
> it's behind a Kconfig. other people have tried in the past (myself
> included) and been shot down. sounds like a shim for crappy userspace
> apps that blindly assume /dev/ttyS*. is that really an issue anymore
> though now that things like /dev/ttyUSB* are so common and people are
> used to picking between multiple serial sources ?

It also creates a ttyJ* which uses the same interfaces as the code for
ttyS* .. I don't think allowing a Kconfig option to shim this in as a
ttyS* is all that bad .. This driver is only going to be used in rare
cases for debugging , having a ttyS* is just a level of flexibility ..

Daniel

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