Re: [PATCH 6/7] [v2] tty/powerpc: introduce the ePAPR embedded hypervisor byte channel driver

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Timur Tabi <[email protected]> wrote=
:
> The ePAPR embedded hypervisor specification provides an API for "byte
> channels", which are serial-like virtual devices for sending and rece=
iving
> streams of bytes. =A0This driver provides Linux kernel support for by=
te
> channels via three distinct interfaces:
>
> 1) An early-console (udbg) driver. =A0This provides early console out=
put
> through a byte channel. =A0The byte channel handle must be specified =
in a
> Kconfig option.
>
> 2) A normal console driver. =A0Output is sent to the byte channel des=
ignated
> for stdout in the device tree. =A0The console driver is for handling =
kernel
> printk calls.
>
> 3) A tty driver, which is used to handle user-space input and output.=
 =A0The
> byte channel used for the console is designated as the default tty.
>
> Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <[email protected]>

Greg, would you please pick up this patch for 3.1?  Patches 1-5 are
already queued through the PowerPC tree.

Thank you.

The patch is available here if you need to download it:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/96443/

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale
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