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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:05:12 +0300 From: Kirill Smelkov <kirr@....spb.ru> To: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>, Peter Botha <peterb@...dcircle.co.za>, Denis Vlasenko <vda@...ort.com.ua> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] mxser: make /dev/ttyMI<n> namespace contiguous On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:40:37AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > Maybe let's teach mxser to create continous /dev entries in the first > > place? > > The existing mapping is ABI. Users do not expect their devices to > suddenly move around. If the driver hadn't been merged yet I'd not > object to the concept. However it is now years too late. > > Remap it in userspace if you want, add udev rules for it if you like, > but the kernel mapping is set in stone. I see, thanks. Kirill -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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