linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/10] ldisc: new dcd_change() method for line disciplines.

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Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:11:17 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/10] ldisc: new dcd_change() method for line
 disciplines.

O> #ifdef CONFIG_PPS_IRQ_EVENTS
>                 ts = pps_irq_ts[port->irq];
> #else

That bit won't work very shortly - IRQ numbers are going sparse not a
single simple NR_IRQ array.

> This completely hides the (dirty) trick to the PPS clients and allow
> using struct tty_struct as first parameter.

Can we get the basics right first - drop the IRQ_EVENTS and HARDPPS
hackery out of the patchset and the core code then looks quite clean.
After that is sorted/merged we can come back to working out the best way
to improve the IRQ and HARDPPS hacks.

Alan
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