linux-kernel - Re: Writing a driver for a legacy serial device

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:47:43 -0400
From:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	"Jean Delvare" <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Vojtech Pavlik" <vojtech@....cz>
Subject: Re: Writing a driver for a legacy serial device

On 6/21/07, Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> wrote:
>
> OK. This leads me to a question: is it OK for me to add support for my
> non-input device to inputattach, or is a separate, dedicated helper
> tool preferred? Both ways are fine with me, I don't know what the input
> subsystem maintainers expect.
>

Your device does not need any initialization done by userspace, does
it? How widespread is this device? inputattach has "--dump" option
which sets up a SERIO_RS232/0/0/0 serio port. You could mark your
serio driver as manual bind driver and bind it trhough sysfs (echo -n
"taos-evm" /sys/device/serio/devices/serioX/drvctl to bind it).

-- 
Dmitry
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