[PATCH 6/7] [v2] tty/powerpc: introduce the ePAPR embedded hypervisor byte channel driver
Timur Tabi
timur at freescale.com
Thu Jun 23 01:23:32 EST 2011
Timur Tabi wrote:
> The ePAPR embedded hypervisor specification provides an API for "byte
> channels", which are serial-like virtual devices for sending and receiving
> streams of bytes. This driver provides Linux kernel support for byte
> channels via three distinct interfaces:
>
> 1) An early-console (udbg) driver. This provides early console output
> through a byte channel. The byte channel handle must be specified in a
> Kconfig option.
>
> 2) A normal console driver. Output is sent to the byte channel designated
> for stdout in the device tree. The console driver is for handling kernel
> printk calls.
>
> 3) A tty driver, which is used to handle user-space input and output. The
> byte channel used for the console is designated as the default tty.
>
> Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur at freescale.com>
I know you guys are busy, but can I get an ACK or two on this patch, if there
are no issues with it? It's the only one of the seven that doesn't have one. I
think v2 has addressed all of the concerns raised on version 1.
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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale
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