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Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 01:38:58 -0400 From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org> To: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...eaurora.org> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Hyok S. Choi" <hyok.choi@...sung.com>, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, Jeff Ohlstein <johlstei@...cinc.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>, Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>, Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>, Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>, Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>, Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>, Philippe Langlais <philippe.langlais@...ricsson.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: DCC(JTAG) serial and console emulation support On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 18:22, Daniel Walker wrote: > On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 18:02 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 15:50, Daniel Walker wrote: >> > On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 15:20 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> >> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 15:01, Daniel Walker wrote: >> >> > On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 14:38 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 12:45, Daniel Walker wrote: >> >> >> > On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 17:56 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: >> >> >> >> > 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. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> That is perhaps why you are not a subsystem maintainer. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > No, I'm sure it's not. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > What I was telling Greg is that this type of override is allowed right >> >> >> > now, if you mod the source (everything is allowed if you mod the source >> >> >> > right?) .. >> >> >> >> >> >> just because someone can mod the source code to add a root shell >> >> >> doesnt mean we should accept patches to do it >> >> > >> >> > That's not what I was getting at. If you can mod the source to add the >> >> > override, then adding in a patch which also requires you to mod the >> >> > source to add the override should be acceptable because it's no >> >> > different that what we currently have. >> >> >> >> sorry, but you lost me. all i see is "drop the hack code". >> > >> > I can make it simpler for you. You add code into Linux, people can >> > modify it, and you can't control that. >> >> while true, that lacks justification for merging hacks into mainline > > No one is merging hack, or giving justification for that.. So not sure > why your going down that thread again . forget it; i'm completely bored with this whole driver now. people have been clear on what it will take for this to be merged, so ball is in your court now. -mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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