linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hvc_console: fix dropping of characters when output byte channel is full

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Message-ID: <4C8FD0B0.70500@freescale.com>
Date:	Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:44:48 -0500
From:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	kumar.gala@...escale.com, amit.shah@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hvc_console: fix dropping of characters when output byte
 channel is full

Alan Cox wrote:
> If you want to make that change then I guess you need to audit every
> other hvc driver first.
> 
> But I never understood the point of the hvc layer anyway 8)

We've come to the same conclusion here.  I think we're just going to drop
the hvc layer and make the driver a standard console driver.

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale

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