linux-kernel - serial167 (was: Re: [RFC 0/5] tty: move stuff around)

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Date:	Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:59:59 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@...wizard.nl>,
	"Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@...tsend.com>,
	"Linux/m68k" <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: serial167 (was: Re: [RFC 0/5] tty: move stuff around)

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 22:32, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 22:08:38 +0200
> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 17:29, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>> > amiserial,nozomi,synclink,
>> > rocket,ipwireless
>> > cyclades,moxa,mxser,
>> > isicom,bfin_jtag_comm   -> drivers/tty/
>> >
>> > stallion,istallion,
>> > epca,specialix,ip2,
>> > riscom,serial167        -> drivers/staging/tty/*
>>
>> I thought we wanted to keep serial167 alive as long as it builds?
>
> Does it build ? Is it secure ? I was under the impression the answer in
> both cases was no.

As serial167 is now in staging in Linus tree...

It still builds in 2.6.38. What is unsecure about it? If nothing,
please move it back,
as the whole MVME167 platform is pretty useless without its console driver.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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