David Mandala davidm@linaro.org writes:
On 12/8/15 12:10 PM, Kevin Hilman wrote:
Rob Herring rob.herring@linaro.org writes:
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 10:35 PM, David Mandala davidm@linaro.org wrote:
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It's the reason why we have UDEV rules now making the two UARTs on the LS connector /dev/tty96B0 and /dev/tty96B1 get rid of the confusion and make it MUCH easier to document things.
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Anything in userspace that is 96boards specific is a flawed solution. These problems have nothing to do with 96boards, but are shortcomings in the kernel interfaces. Lets fix those and not be working around them.
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I agree that the kernel space is the proper place to fix this but it will likely take years for that to happen, feel free to shock me and have a fix in the next kernel cycle. ;-P
It's taking many years because 96boards kernel development isn't focused on upstream. Instead, it's focused primarily on Linaro releases. Getting a DT fix like this upstream could happen very quickly, but first there has to be a willingnes to submit it.
Also, the other problem with the userspace fix you propose it assumes folks are actually using Linaro releases and/or willing to modify their host systems in 96boards-specifid ways. Not always a safe assumption.
Kevin