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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 20:54:34 -0700 From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Char/Misc driver patches for 4.19-rc1 On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 01:19:36PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > - gnss, finally an in-kernel GPS subsystem to try to tame all of > > the crazy out-of-tree drivers that have been floating around > > for years, combined with some really hacky userspace > > implementations. This is only for GNSS receivers, but you > > have to start somewhere, and this is great to see. > > Yes, it is labeled as a GPS subsystem, but there's nothing GPS > specific in there; it does not understand the data, it just passes > around bytes. > > Which would not be a problem, except that it takes /dev/gnssX > namespace, so when we need to introduce hardware abstraction for > GPS, we will not have suitable names available. Given that no such code seems to be showing up any year soon, that's a request that we will just have to deal with if it ever shows up. What we have now in the tree is good enough for now. greg k-h
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