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Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 02:11:47 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Harvey Chapman <hchapman-linux-kernel@3gfp.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial inter-character timeout usage with async io
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> Currently, I only have this code enabled for i386 and arm, and only for
> the 8250 and pxa serial drivers. If no one thinks this is a terrible
> idea, I'll modify all of the other ioctl.h files and resubmit the patch.

What are you actually trying to achieve ?

Firstly we don't want stuff with deep internal knowledge of devices as
you'll have to modify and test something like 30 device drivers and it
will rapidly be unmaintainable.