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

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Message-ID: <45E5C128.7020204@freescale.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:51:36 -0600
From:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
To:	Dan Malek <dan@...eddedalley.com>
CC:	Torben.Mathiasen@...com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linux-ppc-embedded <linuxppc-embedded@...abs.org>
Subject: Re: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices

Dan Malek wrote:

> I'd shoot that down, too.  Using udev in an
> embedded, reliable environment is very
> troublesome.  Although, products I've
> developed using more than 4 UARTs had
> some custom /dev work done to it just
> to get everything mapped.  My only
> concern is we don't add a new range for
> QE UARTs, that we use the same minors
> for both CPM and QE.

Then it appears that the only possible solution is to assign numbers 46 - 53 to the CPM/QE 
and accept that it overlaps with the Altix.  Is everyone okay with that?

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale
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