Re: [PATCH v2 net] ptp: ocp: adjust serial port symlink creation

[Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>]

On 10/05/2024 12:13, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 11:04:05AM +0000, Vadim Fedorenko wrote:
>> The commit b286f4e87e32 ("serial: core: Move tty and serdev to be children
>> of serial core port device") changed the hierarchy of serial port devices
>> and device_find_child_by_name cannot find ttyS* devices because they are
>> no longer directly attached. Add some logic to restore symlinks creation
>> to the driver for OCP TimeCard.
>>
>> Fixes: b286f4e87e32 ("serial: core: Move tty and serdev to be children of serial core port device")
>> Signed-off-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>
>> ---
>> v2:
>>   add serial/8250 maintainers
>> ---
>>   drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++---------
>>   1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
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Hi Greg!

Just gentle ping, I'm still looking for better solution for serial
device lookup in TimeCard driver.

Thanks,
Vadim