linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial: DCC(JTAG) serial and console emulation support

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Message-ID: <1286567442.4153.343.camel@m0nster>
Date:	Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:50:41 -0700
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...eaurora.org>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Hyok S. Choi" <hyok.choi@...sung.com>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Jeff Ohlstein <johlstei@...cinc.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>,
	Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>,
	Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>,
	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
	Philippe Langlais <philippe.langlais@...ricsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: DCC(JTAG) serial and console emulation support

On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 15:20 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 15:01, Daniel Walker wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 14:38 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 12:45, Daniel Walker wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 17:56 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> >> >> > I don't think the kernel is going to implode if we allow an optional
> >> >> > ttyS override for debugging purposes.. I just don't see that "screwing"
> >> >> > up the kernel.
> >> >>
> >> >> That is perhaps why you are not a subsystem maintainer.
> >> >
> >> > No, I'm sure it's not.
> >> >
> >> > What I was telling Greg is that this type of override is allowed right
> >> > now, if you mod the source (everything is allowed if you mod the source
> >> > right?) ..
> >>
> >> just because someone can mod the source code to add a root shell
> >> doesnt mean we should accept patches to do it
> >
> > That's not what I was getting at. If you can mod the source to add the
> > override, then adding in a patch which also requires you to mod the
> > source to add the override should be acceptable because it's no
> > different that what we currently have.
> 
> sorry, but you lost me.  all i see is "drop the hack code".

I can make it simpler for you. You add code into Linux, people can
modify it, and you can't control that.

Daniel


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