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

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Date:	Thu, 1 Mar 2007 11:06:12 -0500
From:	Dan Malek <dan@...eddedalley.com>
To:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
Cc:	Torben.Mathiasen@...com,
	Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linux-ppc-embedded <linuxppc-embedded@...abs.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices



Since I'm probably the only one that
really uses the driver for custom
uses and cares......

On Mar 1, 2007, at 10:55 AM, Timur Tabi wrote:

> Ok guys, I need a consensus here.  Are we going to allocate a  
> second block of 4 minor numbers for the QE/CPM UART or not?

not.

> My driver already has a macro that limits the number of UARTS to 4,

perfect.

> I'll add a second TTY struct...

Don't worry about it for now.  We'll just keep this in
mind when we make a major change someday in
the future.  We may have a better solution then.

Thanks.

	-- Dan

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