On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 07:03:52PM -0300, Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 13:48:39 -0700
> Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> | On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 12:03:06AM -0300, Luiz Fernando N.Capitulino wrote:
> | >
> | > Hi folks.
> | >
> | > This patch series is my first attempt to port the USB-Serial layer to the
> | > Serial Core API. Currently USB-Serial uses the TTY layer directly, duplicating
> | > code and solutions from the Serial Core implementation.
> | >
> | > The final (ported) USB-Serial code is simpler and cleaner. Now I'd like to know
> | > whether I'm doing it right or not.
> | >
> | > Note that this is a work in progress though. I've only ported the USB-Serial
> | > core and one of its drivers, the pl2303 one.
> | >
> | > Most of my questions and design decisions are adressed in the patches, please
> | > refer to them for details.
> |
> | Nice first cut at this. But please try to also convert 2 other drivers
> | at the same time to make sure that the model is right. I'd suggest the
> | io_edgeport and the funsoft drivers. io_edgeport because it is very
> | complex in that it doesn't share a single bulk in/out pair for every
> | port, but multiplexes them all through one pipe. And funsoft because we
> | want to still be able to write usb-serial drivers that are this simple.
>
> I'd love to do that but, unfortunatally, USB-Serial cables are too
> expensive in Brazil (and I have no sure if I can find these ones in
> Curitiba).
No need to test fully, if it builds, I can test the io_edgeport driver,
and the funsoft one is pretty much a "nothing" driver.
thanks,
greg k-h
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