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

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Message-ID: <45E59BFC.8020206@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:13:00 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>
CC:	"Mathiasen, Torben" <Torben.Mathiasen@...com>,
	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices

Kumar Gala wrote:
> 
> On Feb 28, 2007, at 8:51 AM, Mathiasen, Torben wrote:
> 
>>>
>>> Mathiasen, Torben wrote:
>>>
>>>> Assuming QE has 4 entries, I would expect CPM to be the same. But we
>>>> need verification of that. If it needs 6, we are in more trouble.
>>>
>>> The QE can have up to 8, actually, but I'm willing to limit the driver
>>> to 4.
>>
>> Its your choice if you want to limit it to 4 or have it moved into a
>> different minor range. I can live with both.
> 
> I'd rather we support 8 now.
> 

It sounds like the QE driver should be moved to a separate minor range, 
and given 8 minors.

	-hpa
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