linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move uart_register_driver call to device probe for pl010 and sh-sci

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Message-ID: <20170326100152.GN7909@n2100.armlinux.org.uk>
Date:   Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:01:52 +0100
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd.simons@...labora.co.uk>,
        "linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move uart_register_driver call to device probe for
 pl010 and sh-sci

On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 11:22:57AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Time for the serial subsystem to switch to dynamic minors, and get rid of the
> what-is-your-serial-port-called-again-on-this-platform
> multi-million-euro question?

Dynamic device numbers are fine for those who use devtmpfs / udev, but I
would imagine that there are systems out there which don't, and if they
change, systems become inaccessible (the port becomes dead, even to
sysrq.)

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