From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:04:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:04:47 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:49926 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:04:46 -0500 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:15:51 +0000 From: Russell King To: Duncan Sands Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Spang Oliver Subject: Re: drivers/serial/Makefile Message-ID: <20030324161551.B10370@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Duncan Sands , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Spang Oliver References: <200303241652.50213.duncan.sands@math.u-psud.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200303241652.50213.duncan.sands@math.u-psud.fr>; from duncan.sands@math.u-psud.fr on Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 04:52:50PM +0100 X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Microsoft Outlook is vurnerable to viruses. See www.mutt.org for more details. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 04:52:50PM +0100, Duncan Sands wrote: > The serial driver is now compiled as "8250", rather than > the traditional "serial" (Kconfig says "serial" as well). > Assuming this was a mistake in the Makefile, I went and > had a look, but my brain exploded. It isn't a mistake. "serial" is meaningless with you've got multiple serial ports of different types. It's a general name of a class of devices, not a specific device. > What exactly is this intended to do? Well, core.c is the core driver which knows how to talk to user space, and on to that bolts the hardware specific bits, 8250.c, sa1100.c, suncore.c etc. > PS: 8250_gsc, 8250_pci can be compiled as modules in their > own right. In theory they can, and maybe one day we'll teach the Kconfig system to allow it. Feel free to send a patch for this. 8) -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html