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Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:04:42 +0200 (CEST)
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: dwmw2@...radead.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, paulus@...ba.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers.
On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:19:59 -0400
>
> > I don't see why that 'should' be the case. Certainly it _isn't_ the case
> > on most supported platforms -- we have separate device numbers, and
> > names, for most types of ports. There's only one or two drivers which
> > abuse ttySn for anything other than 8250 ports.
>
> sunsu, sunzilog, pmac_zilog, sunsab, etc.
amiserial.
> The list is longer than you think. In fact the convention is
> very well established.
And I guess the recently revived Atari serial driver, too.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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