linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH] Winbond CIR driver for the WPCD376I chip (ACPI/PNP id WEC1022)

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Message-ID: <a4495505aea6a06643c8072fd790fb5d.squirrel@www.hardeman.nu>
Date:	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:28:31 +0200 (CEST)
From:	David Härdeman <david@...deman.nu>
To:	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jesse.barnes@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] Winbond CIR driver for the WPCD376I chip (ACPI/PNP 
               id WEC1022)

On Thu, June 25, 2009 15:17, Alan Cox wrote:
>> Which way of stopping the serial layer from grabbing the port did you
>> have in mind?
>
> You can vanish it with setserial as stands. There isn't a good
> interface for doing that from kernel side but as you can see from
> setserial the infrastructure is all there to add it.

Seems user-unfriendly...wouldn't blacklisting that particular port (using
ACPI or PNP id or something) be a better solution?

-- 
David Härdeman

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