linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3] drivers/misc: Altera active serial implementation

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Date:	Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:32:51 +0200
From:	Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Alex Gershgorin <agersh@...bler.ru>,
	Indan Zupancic <indan@....nu>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3] drivers/misc: Altera active serial implementation

Hi Jiri, Alan,

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 02:09:45PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 11/16/2010 12:04 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Sixteen devices is way too many for drivers/misc - it only has 256 total
> > and only half of those are dynamic.
> 
> Seconded. (And it's a quarter, not even a half like I already wrote.)

If I reduce the maximal number of devices to 4, will it make any difference? I 
don't mind even having a limit of 2 by default, as long as a simple define 
change is enough to raise this limit.

baruch

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