2.6.25-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: David S. Miller [ Upstream commit: b53e5216e5f73330bffae93b42dceb94e361f4c0 ] They were all "serial" so if multiple of these drivers registered, we'd trigger sysfs directory creation errors: [ 1.695793] proc_dir_entry 'serial' already registered [ 1.695839] Call Trace: [ 1.831891] [00000000004f2534] create_proc_entry+0x7c/0x98 [ 1.833608] [00000000004f3a58] proc_tty_register_driver+0x40/0x70 [ 1.833663] [0000000000594700] tty_register_driver+0x1fc/0x208 [ 1.835371] [00000000005aade4] uart_register_driver+0x134/0x16c [ 1.841762] [00000000005ac274] sunserial_register_minors+0x34/0x68 [ 1.841818] [00000000007db2a4] sunsu_init+0xf8/0x150 [ 1.867697] [00000000007c62a4] kernel_init+0x190/0x330 [ 1.939147] [0000000000426cf8] kernel_thread+0x38/0x48 [ 1.939198] [00000000006a0d90] rest_init+0x18/0x5c Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/serial/sunhv.c | 2 +- drivers/serial/sunsab.c | 2 +- drivers/serial/sunsu.c | 2 +- drivers/serial/sunzilog.c | 2 +- 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/serial/sunhv.c +++ b/drivers/serial/sunhv.c @@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static struct uart_ops sunhv_pops = { static struct uart_driver sunhv_reg = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, - .driver_name = "serial", + .driver_name = "sunhv", .dev_name = "ttyS", .major = TTY_MAJOR, }; --- a/drivers/serial/sunsab.c +++ b/drivers/serial/sunsab.c @@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static struct uart_ops sunsab_pops = { static struct uart_driver sunsab_reg = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, - .driver_name = "serial", + .driver_name = "sunsab", .dev_name = "ttyS", .major = TTY_MAJOR, }; --- a/drivers/serial/sunsu.c +++ b/drivers/serial/sunsu.c @@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ out: static struct uart_driver sunsu_reg = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, - .driver_name = "serial", + .driver_name = "sunsu", .dev_name = "ttyS", .major = TTY_MAJOR, }; --- a/drivers/serial/sunzilog.c +++ b/drivers/serial/sunzilog.c @@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ static struct uart_sunzilog_port *sunzil static struct uart_driver sunzilog_reg = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, - .driver_name = "ttyS", + .driver_name = "sunzilog", .dev_name = "ttyS", .major = TTY_MAJOR, }; -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/