linux-kernel - Re: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices

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Message-ID: <45E57CE5.5010003@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:00:21 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Mathiasen, Torben" <Torben.Mathiasen@...com>
CC:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices

Mathiasen, Torben wrote:
> 
> Got around looking at this one. I'm fine with this approach, but the
> CPM5 fix looks wrong. Shouldn't it be:
> 
> 49 = /dev/ttyCPM3		PPC CPM (SCC or SMC) - port 3
> 
> instead?
> 

Well, how many CPM devices can exist?  If there are really 6 ports 
possible, they need minors up to 51.

Also, if QE really is just CPM v3, and they share the same minors, why 
change the name?

	-hpa
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