linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: devices.txt: reconcile serial/ucc

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Message-ID: <2023072544-cloning-footsie-65e0@gregkh>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jul 2023 19:27:31 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Timur Tabi <timur@...nel.org>,
        Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: devices.txt: reconcile serial/ucc_uart
 minor numers

On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 11:33:41PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Reconcile devices.txt with serial/ucc_uart.c regarding device number
> assignments. ucc_uart.c supports 4 ports and uses minor devnums
> 46-49, so update devices.txt with that info.
> Then update ucc_uart.c's reference to the location of the devices.txt
> list in the kernel source tree.
> 
> Fixes: d7584ed2b994 ("[POWERPC] qe-uart: add support for Freescale QUICCEngine UART")
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Cc: Timur Tabi <timur@...nel.org>
> Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt |    2 +-
>  drivers/tty/serial/ucc_uart.c         |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Very nice, thanks for catching this, I'll go queue it up.

Actually, how did you notice this?  I don't think the devices.txt file
is up to date at all anymore, and odds are, other things are wrong in it
too.

thanks,

greg k-h