From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 242861EFF1A; Thu, 10 Nov 2016 11:45:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail-wm0-x22b.google.com (mail-wm0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22b]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6206C1EFE64 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2016 11:45:33 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-wm0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id f82so43414368wmf.1 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2016 08:45:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=fxq+gD4raVq3G0+ZHe+tUxYNrxplTDweyZNJm9c3nl8=; b=KQgnM4OKCgjQ4Hf/MokEYlLH5E9+LTCS5Ltcg1Xqsl+pxE0S17RbUVBXygde6bCyqJ g4J+RmEkzD/lquvH4rpIcE8JhfqrXsF8n740IMxVcT7A8nLuU6ju2ZXHVWAs7+bkx0fU Km5VzTMj2fl8tskeHkL0foAd1OyooVHIosCGauGI81E2QDSvkQFiVC7+3/xI9/BhPLH8 onRmz7u/aBTZ20hrO9hiDoHgFvOaSn0dgojfq0WXw8ytJdN2tvFDmDXruvFw3UiAVjoj D9Lj0apFUx0t3GjS7MpMf8nNuR9icq1kdRIBB6LGJATYCY550paORQTc//T7XSt69xpn n3yg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=fxq+gD4raVq3G0+ZHe+tUxYNrxplTDweyZNJm9c3nl8=; b=jYqqI4pmFjmrzfzBobYHfsREHUsHHQ+I6LWGUbwvnL1ip91pxFpTvyt892X5Dtm8jx 2TeeQMV8pF4TXQXxxmNbyOUaRx47lDGnlqsfOdR4UyexPM+RtR9iuD5+gmcBdIWCBmV3 MsqlsFoOvAohvePhQRlncxMhMFbQsIqYQn0gVjyWhW7mawYlyUX70aJIm98v7NtwBzSa rbFTt4hkuO3FrHSwTG2o8cXNE7//MmgsmEgTuoEi5jFKUUCDm3wSQ1cx+aPq2hwJDLzn LvNdxspGwbJBvYq4rEt3Dz4OPqEbij5yd5gZKJuteH1S6gn36+e1mNSSeVDxPiQ8QMwy Ib2A== X-Gm-Message-State: ABUngvfLTiR2i/nytycDCV2pA24LJXJdmZlGDHUThgA+TCMDuSjgdlK5kRr3DF9+HduHQw== X-Received: by 10.28.167.77 with SMTP id q74mr6823096wme.21.1478796325675; Thu, 10 Nov 2016 08:45:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.122.137.67] (94.197.121.162.threembb.co.uk. [94.197.121.162]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w7sm13807797wmd.24.2016.11.10.08.45.24 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 10 Nov 2016 08:45:24 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Status of kernel From: Okash Khawaja X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (11A501) In-Reply-To: <20161110161032.GO7521@var.bordeaux.inria.fr> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 16:45:23 +0000 Cc: "speakup@linux-speakup.org" , William Hubbs , Christopher Brannon , "kirk@braille.uwo.ca" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <0D12B56F-11DE-4C8B-B5FC-AFF0315C0033@gmail.com> References: <20161110161032.GO7521@var.bordeaux.inria.fr> To: Samuel Thibault X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 16:45:35 -0000 > On 10 Nov 2016, at 16:10, Samuel Thibault w= rote: >=20 > Okash Khawaja, on Thu 10 Nov 2016 15:02:21 +0000, wrote: >> I am currently studying speakup's kernel code. Can someone guide me what i= s >> it's current status? >=20 > It's currently in the staging part of the kernel, which is already a > good thing since it gets updated as the kernel API changes. >=20 >> - What needs to be done in order to mainline it? I have read the TODO fil= e but >> not sure how up-to-date it is. >=20 > Its first item might be set to "update TODO" :) >=20 > About the "how to communicate with the serial ports" item, I do have > hints how it could be done, I just never got around finding the time to > hack it down. >=20 >> - Are there existing plans to do work on the driver? >=20 > Not that I know of. >=20 >> - Although the code is fairly readable, is there any documentation for th= e >> driver? >=20 > Not that I know of. >=20 >> Please add anything else you think is relevant. >=20 > Make sure to synchronize with the speakup list. Perhaps better > explicitly Cc us like you just did, to catch our eyes, I for instance > don't necessarily follow the speakup list that closely unfortunately. >=20 > Samuel Thanks. That's very good. Like I said I am exploring the driver code and wou= ld like to spend one more weekend doing that - I work during daytime on week= days. I will be happy to start discussing comms with serial ports next week and ho= pefully take this forward.=20 Cheers, Okash=