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

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Message-ID: <45E5D84A.5000502@freescale.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:30:18 -0600
From:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Dan Malek <dan@...eddedalley.com>, Torben.Mathiasen@...com,
	linux-ppc-embedded <linuxppc-embedded@...abs.org>,
	Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Kumar Gala wrote:
>>
>> Why don't we allocate the 2nd group of four as well, just at a new 
>> location.  They'll be discontinuous, but at least we'll have support 
>> for all 8.
>>
> 
> Right, it means two tty driver structures, but that's not a problem.

Eh, I'm not crazy about that.  That means that I have to complicate my driver because 
someone else screwed up a long time ago.

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale
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