linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/1] Char: tty, add io tty_insert_flip

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Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:55:21 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/1] Char: tty, add io tty_insert_flip_string variants

Alan Cox napsal(a):
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:35:20 +0200 (CEST)
> Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> don't you consider this useful for some drivers. There are many cases, when
>> tty_insert_flip_stringio might be used.
> 
> I couldn't see anyone who really benefitted when I first looked at this
> but if you've got a case you want to use them then I've certainly got no
> problem with it.

Ah, I'm an idiot -- I should go through the code more carefully,
tty_prepare_flip_string + memcpy_fromio can do the job.

thanks,
-- 
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/            Jiri Slaby
faculty of informatics, masaryk university, brno, cz
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