Re: [PATCH 03/10] Intel PTI implementaiton of MIPI 1149.7.

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, J Freyensee wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 10:28 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > +static struct miscdevice pti_char_driver = {
> > > +	.minor		= MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
> > > +	.name		= CHARNAME,
> > > +	.fops		= &pti_char_driver_ops
> > > +};
> > > +
> > 
> > It's really strange to have both a tty and a character device that have similar
> > operations. Why can't you have the pti_char_driver functionality in the tty driver?
> > 
> 
> Because that is not what the customer wanted and this is why the driver
> is located in misc/ ;-).  

Brilliant argument. Next time you tell us that the customer wanted a
root hole in his driver and that's why you put it there.

What's the fcking technical reason for having a char and a tty device ?

Thanks,

	tglx
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