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Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:04:42 +0200 (CEST) From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> Cc: dwmw2@...radead.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, paulus@...ba.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers. On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, David Miller wrote: > From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org> > Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:19:59 -0400 > > > 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. > > sunsu, sunzilog, pmac_zilog, sunsab, etc. amiserial. > The list is longer than you think. In fact the convention is > very well established. And I guess the recently revived Atari serial driver, too. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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