Re: [PATCH 1/1 -resend] Char: mxser, upgrade to 1.9.1

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Aug 16 2006 - 01:52:01 EST


On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:00:14 -0700
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Change driver according to original 1.9.1 moxa driver. Some int->ulong
> conversions, outb ~UART_IER_THRI constant. Remove commented stuff.
>
> I also added printk line with info, if somebody wants to test it, he should
> contact me as I can potentially debug the driver with him or just to confirm
> it works properly.

Ho hum, this is hard. I guess breaking the driver is one way to find out
who is using it, but those who redistribute the kernel for a living might
not appreciate the technique.

Perhaps we could create an mxser-new.c and offer that in config, plan to
remove mxser.c N months hence?
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