linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/10] Intel PTI implementaiton of MIPI 1149.7.

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102281935260.2701@localhost6.localdomain6>
Date:	Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:36:59 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	J Freyensee <james_p_freyensee@...ux.intel.com>
cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, suhail.ahmed@...el.com,
	christophe.guerard@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] Intel PTI implementaiton of MIPI 1149.7.

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, J Freyensee wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 10:28 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > +static struct miscdevice pti_char_driver = {
> > > +	.minor		= MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
> > > +	.name		= CHARNAME,
> > > +	.fops		= &pti_char_driver_ops
> > > +};
> > > +
> > 
> > It's really strange to have both a tty and a character device that have similar
> > operations. Why can't you have the pti_char_driver functionality in the tty driver?
> > 
> 
> Because that is not what the customer wanted and this is why the driver
> is located in misc/ ;-).  

Brilliant argument. Next time you tell us that the customer wanted a
root hole in his driver and that's why you put it there.

What's the fcking technical reason for having a char and a tty device ?

Thanks,

	tglx
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