linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial/8250_pci: add a quirk for the kt serial controller

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Message-ID: <CABE8wwv4sQBRrG77sgVjUCBb1qXP1LUw=nkVwtU5TynWoQegUA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:34:12 -0700
From:	"Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Nhan H Mai <nhan.h.mai@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	alan@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial/8250_pci: add a quirk for the kt serial controller

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Williams, Dan J
<dan.j.williams@...el.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 01:16:34PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>>> From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
>>> Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:06:24 -0700
>>> Subject: [PATCH v2] serial/8250_pci: add a quirk for the kt serial controller
>>>
>>> Workaround dropped notifications in the iir register.  Prevent reads
>>> coincident with new interrupt notifications by reading the iir at most
>>> once per interrupt.
>>>
>>> Reported-by: Nhan H Mai <nhan.h.mai@...el.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
>>
>> Much better.
>>
>> But.
>>
>> Do you really think I can apply a patch that looks like this above?  I
>> have to edit the text of the email before I apply it.
>
> I don't doubt you get busted patches all the time, this isn't one.

...except for the fact that it would have collided spectacularly with
the contents of tty.git staged for 3.2.  Sorry for the noise, will
resend.

--
Dan
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