[LinuxPPS] 2.6.26...

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Bernhard Schiffner wrote:
>> Any ideas?
>>
> In my understanding ldisc is there already for a longer time: see 
> include/linux/tty_ldisc.h ...

I saw some tty patches from the 19th from Alan. Are they related to ldisc?

> IMO it was suggested to use ldisc in the serial part of linuxpps (only) to 
> prevent patches in serial_core.c ("HARDPPS_CD").

I believe that is correct.

> Some other patches  ("STA_NANO") are integrated in 2.6.26.

Also a nice addition.

> What's meant today by "tty-patches" Alan knows himself only.
> (BKL removal et al.)

Maybe BKL stuff that became important recently but also some changes to
structs in tty/serial stuff in the patch from the 19th that I saw.

Anybody with some ldisc experience that could set up a patch to work on?

Udo