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

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Date:	Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:52:12 +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: Re: serial167 (was: Re: [RFC 0/5] tty: move stuff around)

Hi Alan,

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:46, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> It has no reference counting and it doesn't use tty_port objects.

[...]

Many thanks for your elaborate (and valid) explanation!
I'll let the VME users sort it out...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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