Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-28 Thread Ralf Baechle
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 02:48:47PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > The only thing I'm not sure is that I believe the SPARC people uses > ttyS* for Zilog 8530-based serial ports. I don't know if we want to > define this as NS8250-family serial ports in light of that; I more > tended to think of

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-28 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Does that mean SPARC has a conflict between the 8250/16x50 driver and the > Zilog driver? If so, the latter should probably move (ttyZ is still an > unused name.) If there's a conflict it would be with the minor numbers, which I haven't been able to

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-28 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Stuart MacDonald wrote: > > From: "Alan Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > The only thing I'm not sure is that I believe the SPARC people uses > > > ttyS* for Zilog 8530-based serial ports. I don't know if we want to > > > define this as NS8250-family serial ports in light of that; I more > > >

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-28 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Stuart MacDonald wrote: From: "Alan Cox" [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only thing I'm not sure is that I believe the SPARC people uses ttyS* for Zilog 8530-based serial ports. I don't know if we want to define this as NS8250-family serial ports in light of that; I more tended to think of

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
> Yes you should be able to mix 16x50 chips with sa1100 chips. That is not the > issue. I believe that people can place any mixture of IC's on a PCB. Letting it make sense is another issue. Placing a Z80 next to an AMD Irongate doesn't make sense to me... > > HPA can I suggest the description

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread Mike Touloumtzis
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 06:03:30PM -0400, George France wrote: > > Please also read Mike Touloumtzis [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] posting in the > arm-linux-kernel archives. He gets the concept. Maybe I do, but I thought I was agreeing with Russell :-). Which only serves to underscore the silliness of

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread Cort Dougan
} The only thing I'm not sure is that I believe the SPARC people uses } ttyS* for Zilog 8530-based serial ports. I don't know if we want to } define this as NS8250-family serial ports in light of that; I more } tended to think of it as the "default" serial port for the } architecture. } } It's

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread George France
TECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u > > > > So now we will have to send our patches to the kernel > mailing list, setup > > out own mailing list and web pages. It is not a problem > s

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread Alan Cox
> So now we will have to send our patches to the kernel mailing list, setup > out own mailing list and web pages. It is not a problem since we already > have a web site setup. Personally I'd rather you accepted that everyone else agrees with Russell about the major/minor issue and that -both-

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread Alan Cox
> The only thing I'm not sure is that I believe the SPARC people uses > ttyS* for Zilog 8530-based serial ports. I don't know if we want to > define this as NS8250-family serial ports in light of that; I more > tended to think of it as the "default" serial port for the > architecture. > > It's

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread George France
> > believe that no problem can be solved with a flame war > going on. That is why > > I decide to stop speaking with him about the serial port > issue. He then > > decided to block the e-mails. So here we are. > > Well if you arent speaking to him, then it doesnt matter if > he blocks your >

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > I can see where his confusion arises, but yes you are right, people need to be > able to mix the 16x50 driver with the sa1100 driver. The ppc people went through > fixing this. > >

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread George France
Hello Alan; > I can see where his confusion arises, but yes you are right, > people need to be > able to mix the 16x50 driver with the sa1100 driver. The ppc > people went through > fixing this. Yes you should be able to mix 16x50 chips with sa1100 chips. That is not the issue. I believe

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread Alan Cox
> believe that no problem can be solved with a flame war going on. That is why > I decide to stop speaking with him about the serial port issue. He then > decided to block the e-mails. So here we are. Well if you arent speaking to him, then it doesnt matter if he blocks your emails.. Alan - To

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > So is there a URL with the whole discussion on. It looks like a fun read ? > > Have a look at the linux-arm-kernel archive at > >

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread Alan Cox
> > So is there a URL with the whole discussion on. It looks like a fun read ? > Have a look at the linux-arm-kernel archive at > http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/ I can see where his confusion arises, but yes you are right, people need to be able to mix the 16x50 driver

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread Alan Cox
So is there a URL with the whole discussion on. It looks like a fun read ? Have a look at the linux-arm-kernel archive at http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/ I can see where his confusion arises, but yes you are right, people need to be able to mix the 16x50 driver

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] By author:Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel So is there a URL with the whole discussion on. It looks like a fun read ? Have a look at the linux-arm-kernel archive at http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/ I

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread George France
Hello Alan; I can see where his confusion arises, but yes you are right, people need to be able to mix the 16x50 driver with the sa1100 driver. The ppc people went through fixing this. Yes you should be able to mix 16x50 chips with sa1100 chips. That is not the issue. I believe that

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread Alan Cox
believe that no problem can be solved with a flame war going on. That is why I decide to stop speaking with him about the serial port issue. He then decided to block the e-mails. So here we are. Well if you arent speaking to him, then it doesnt matter if he blocks your emails.. Alan - To

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] By author:Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel I can see where his confusion arises, but yes you are right, people need to be able to mix the 16x50 driver with the sa1100 driver. The ppc people went through fixing this. HPA can I

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread George France
believe that no problem can be solved with a flame war going on. That is why I decide to stop speaking with him about the serial port issue. He then decided to block the e-mails. So here we are. Well if you arent speaking to him, then it doesnt matter if he blocks your emails.. I

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread Alan Cox
The only thing I'm not sure is that I believe the SPARC people uses ttyS* for Zilog 8530-based serial ports. I don't know if we want to define this as NS8250-family serial ports in light of that; I more tended to think of it as the "default" serial port for the architecture. It's mostly

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread Alan Cox
So now we will have to send our patches to the kernel mailing list, setup out own mailing list and web pages. It is not a problem since we already have a web site setup. Personally I'd rather you accepted that everyone else agrees with Russell about the major/minor issue and that -both- of

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread Cort Dougan
} The only thing I'm not sure is that I believe the SPARC people uses } ttyS* for Zilog 8530-based serial ports. I don't know if we want to } define this as NS8250-family serial ports in light of that; I more } tended to think of it as the "default" serial port for the } architecture. } } It's

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread George France
PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u So now we will have to send our patches to the kernel mailing list, setup out own mailing list and web pages. It is not a problem since we already have a web site setup. Personally I'd

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread Mike Touloumtzis
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 06:03:30PM -0400, George France wrote: Please also read Mike Touloumtzis [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] posting in the arm-linux-kernel archives. He gets the concept. Maybe I do, but I thought I was agreeing with Russell :-). Which only serves to underscore the silliness of

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-27 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
Yes you should be able to mix 16x50 chips with sa1100 chips. That is not the issue. I believe that people can place any mixture of IC's on a PCB. Letting it make sense is another issue. Placing a Z80 next to an AMD Irongate doesn't make sense to me... HPA can I suggest the description for