linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] TTY: add support for "tty slave" devices.

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Message-ID: <20141213141241.19e6ab26@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 13 Dec 2014 14:12:41 +0000
From:	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Cc:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>, Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] TTY: add support for "tty slave" devices.


> 2) why is this tied to the tty core and not the serial core
>    if this is only for UART?

I'm a bit baffled why you would try and tie it to serial core given that
serial core only covers a random subset of the uart drivers we have. If
we have a USB connected device with USB gpio lines doing power management
then it needs to be tied tty core.
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