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Re: [PATCH] usb: serial: update CH34x driver in drivers/usb/serial

Started byGreg KH <greg@kroah.com>
First post2016-06-24 04:40 +0200
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  Re: [PATCH] usb: serial: update CH34x driver in drivers/usb/serial Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> - 2016-06-24 04:40 +0200

#1430311 — Re: [PATCH] usb: serial: update CH34x driver in drivers/usb/serial

FromGreg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Date2016-06-24 04:40 +0200
SubjectRe: [PATCH] usb: serial: update CH34x driver in drivers/usb/serial
Message-ID<rNpcd-29c-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 06:47:54PM -0700, tech@winchiphead.com wrote:
> The old driver for usb-serial chips ch34x which submitted by kernel volunteer
> Frank A Kingswood <frank@kingswood-consulting.co.uk> is too old to use, and the
> driver has bugs when receiving chracters, thus after communicating with the author 
> we decide to revoke the old driver ch341.c and submit the new one ch34x.c.

"revoke"?  Why not just fix the bugs in the existing one instead?  That
would be a much smaller patch, and much easier to review.

> Add the relevant details to Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt.
> Change the relevant files Kconfig and Makefile in drivers/usb/serial.
> 
> Signed-off-by: WCH Tech Group <tech@winchiphead.com>

This has to be a person, it can not be a company, or any other anonymous
email address, sorry.  Same with your "From:" address.

thanks,

greg k-h

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