On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 12:10:06AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Alan,
>
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:06:29 +0100 Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > The iSeries driver calls into the n_tty ldisc code directly for some
> > bizarre reason. I previously tagged this with a query but this actually
> > does need fixing as n_tty methods when you have a different ldisc set are
> > not a good thing to call.
> >
> > In n_tty mode this change should have no effect, the core tty layer has
> > always called the ldisc ioctl method *anyway* and will call the one for
> > the right ldisc.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I will take your word for it as I have no idea. This driver needs to be
> deprecated anyway (in favour of hcv_iseries).
>...
You already marked it as "Obsolete" more than 2 years ago, and due the
kconfig dependencies most people anyway won't even see the option (since
they have HVC_ISERIES enabled).
IMHO a candidate for a straight removal?
cu
Adrian
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