linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] tty/hw: move hardware drivers to drivers/tty/hw

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Message-ID: <20100830115428.24e76ae5@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:54:28 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] tty/hw: move hardware drivers to drivers/tty/hw

> BTW, the bfin_jtag_comm.c looks less obsolete than the rest of those
> drivers, so I wasn't completely sure whether or not to move it into
> the same place as the others.

bfin_jtag is current

> My impression was that it should actually be converted into an hvc
> driver as a cleanup and moved to drivers/tty/hvc. It can probably
> get reduced to one third of its size if you do that.

Not sure it makes sense - hvc seems the wrong abstraction.

Alan
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