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

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Date:	Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:27:51 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>
CC:	Dan Malek <dan@...eddedalley.com>,
	linux-ppc-embedded <linuxppc-embedded@...abs.org>,
	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Torben.Mathiasen@...com
Subject: Re: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices

Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>> Just allocate the four slots and we'll deal with
>> anything above this in custom products.
> 
> Another option is to use 46..49 for UARTs #0..3,
> and 192..195 for UARTs #4..7.
> 
> Or, perhaps better, use 46..49 for #0..3, and
> 192..199 for #0..7, handling the duplication in
> the driver; and deprecate the old range.

That sounds like more hassle than it's worth.  The discontinuous range 
may be annoying, but it isn't really a huge amount of code.

	-hpa

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