netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] ptp: ocp: adjust serial port symlink creation

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Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 13:10:07 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
	Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] ptp: ocp: adjust serial port symlink creation

Fri, May 10, 2024 at 11:04:05AM +0000, Vadim Fedorenko kirjoitti:
> The commit b286f4e87e32 ("serial: core: Move tty and serdev to be children
> of serial core port device") changed the hierarchy of serial port devices
> and device_find_child_by_name cannot find ttyS* devices because they are
> no longer directly attached. Add some logic to restore symlinks creation
> to the driver for OCP TimeCard.

I know that I'm a bit late to the party, but this patch looks like an ugly
hack. The PTP OCP code, in my opinion, needs a lot of love besides the UART
part.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko