From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Stephen GALLIMORE <stephen.gallimore@st.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Srinivas KANDAGATLA <srinivas.kandagatla@st.com>,
Stuart MENEFY <stuart.menefy@st.com>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-serial@vger.kernel.org" <linux-serial@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/8] serial:st-asc: Add ST ASC driver.
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 07:08:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130510140821.GA4099@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A3BF01DB4A606149A4C20C4C4C808F6C3189F9A245@SAFEX1MAIL1.st.com>
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 03:50:16PM +0200, Stephen GALLIMORE wrote:
> Greg, having looked at this we have concluded that we should just go
> dynamic, as others have mentioned with udev on a full system or
> devtmpfs on a minimal initramfs system there is no reason to use a
> static major/minor. However the view here is that we would prefer to
> keep the unique name, as for example the lantiq driver which is also
> dynamic does, for the reason previously mentioned regarding PCIe
> cards.
Why do you want your own name?
> Is that acceptable?
I would prefer not to use a new serial port name, as this is only going
to make it harder for me to delete that name in the next year :)
Sorry,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-10 14:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <1368022187-1633-1-git-send-email-srinivas.kandagatla@st.com>
2013-05-08 14:11 ` [RFC 2/8] ARM:global_timer: Add ARM global timer support Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-08 14:26 ` Rob Herring
2013-05-08 15:06 ` Stuart MENEFY
2013-05-08 14:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-08 14:51 ` Steffen Trumtrar
2013-05-09 14:07 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-09 14:51 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-09 14:51 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-08 14:11 ` [RFC 3/8] mfd:syscon: Introduce claim/read/write/release APIs Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-08 14:50 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-08 15:01 ` Mark Brown
2013-05-08 17:42 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-09 9:51 ` Mark Brown
2013-05-09 11:58 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-09 13:26 ` Mark Brown
2013-05-09 14:00 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-09 14:40 ` Mark Brown
2013-05-09 14:47 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-10 12:51 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-08 17:32 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-08 19:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-09 10:17 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-17 14:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-20 12:48 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-23 21:44 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-24 16:06 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-08 14:11 ` =?y?q?=5BRFC=205/8=5D=20ARM=3Astih41x=3A=20Add=20STiH415=20SOC=20support?= Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-08 16:18 ` [RFC 5/8] ARM:stih41x: Add STiH415 SOC support Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-08 16:21 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2013-05-08 16:50 ` Stephen GALLIMORE
2013-05-08 18:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-09 11:09 ` Stephen GALLIMORE
2013-05-08 17:03 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-08 14:11 ` [RFC 6/8] ARM:stih41x: Add STiH416 " Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-08 14:12 ` [RFC 7/8] ARM:stih41x: Add B2000 board support Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-08 16:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-08 16:24 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2013-05-08 17:04 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-08 14:12 ` [RFC 8/8] ARM:stih41x: Add B2020 " Srinivas KANDAGATLA
[not found] ` <1368022248-2153-1-git-send-email-srinivas.kandagatla@st.com>
2013-05-08 14:34 ` [RFC 1/8] serial:st-asc: Add ST ASC driver Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-08 14:39 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2013-05-08 18:18 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-08 19:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-08 18:02 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
[not found] ` <20130508153459.GA17186@kroah.com>
2013-05-08 15:40 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2013-05-08 15:53 ` Greg KH
2013-05-08 16:03 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2013-05-08 16:15 ` Greg KH
2013-05-08 16:31 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-08 16:36 ` Greg KH
2013-05-10 23:29 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-05-08 16:39 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2013-05-08 16:45 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-05-08 18:35 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-09 13:36 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2013-05-08 16:10 ` Stephen GALLIMORE
2013-05-10 13:50 ` Stephen GALLIMORE
2013-05-10 14:08 ` Greg KH [this message]
2013-05-20 11:49 ` Stephen GALLIMORE
2013-05-22 15:13 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-05-23 16:26 ` Stephen GALLIMORE
[not found] ` <1368022284-2283-1-git-send-email-srinivas.kandagatla@st.com>
2013-05-08 15:06 ` [RFC 4/8] pinctrl:stixxxx: Add pinctrl and pinconf support Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2013-05-08 16:27 ` Srinivas KANDAGATLA
2013-05-08 16:38 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
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