Re: [patch] fix parport_serial / serial link order (for 2.4.20-pr e8)

[Marek Michalkiewicz]

> I agree. For 2.4, Stability before elegance. Minimum change is a good thing.
> The patch looks straight-forward enough, simply plop the file into a
> directory for which it was never intended. It does localize the effect of
> the change nicely. 

Yes, moving parport_serial looked much simpler to me than moving serial
to its own directory (the proper solution, done in 2.5).  I hope others
can also agree to accept this low risk change for 2.4 in the meantime.

In some sense, parport_serial is not strictly part of neither serial nor
parport drivers - it is common to (uses the services of) both.

> I have a question. Similar changes have been suggested several times and
> always seem to bring out a small hail of rather negative comments. (like
> "gross hack ..." :) 

Well, the hardware itself is kind of a hack (not a clean design - no
separate PCI functions for serial and parallel ports; I guess that would
use a little more silicon and make the chip a few cents more expensive),
and that's the reason why the parport_serial driver exists at all...

Thanks,
Marek