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Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:19:59 -0400
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Brad Boyer <flar@...andria.com>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers.
On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 14:20 +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> I never suggested *all* serial ports should be /dev/ttySn, I said that
> the built-in ports on the motherboard should be /dev/ttySn.
Why? What's so special about the name 'ttyS'?
> The built-in ports can generally be enumerated early on boot in a
> stable order, and they should be assigned the low ttySn numbers,
> regardless of what chip is used to implement them.
I don't see why that 'should' be the case. Certainly it _isn't_ the case
on most supported platforms -- we have separate device numbers, and
names, for most types of ports. There's only one or two drivers which
abuse ttySn for anything other than 8250 ports.
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dwmw2
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