From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Torben.Mathiasen@hp.com,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>,
linux-ppc-embedded <linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:27:51 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45E5D7B7.9040501@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ce5df0c760f6b5ab896b31d1ce2839ee@kernel.crashing.org>
Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>> Just allocate the four slots and we'll deal with
>> anything above this in custom products.
>
> Another option is to use 46..49 for UARTs #0..3,
> and 192..195 for UARTs #4..7.
>
> Or, perhaps better, use 46..49 for #0..3, and
> 192..199 for #0..7, handling the duplication in
> the driver; and deprecate the old range.
That sounds like more hassle than it's worth. The discontinuous range
may be annoying, but it isn't really a huge amount of code.
-hpa
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Dan Malek <dan@embeddedalley.com>,
linux-ppc-embedded <linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org>,
Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Torben.Mathiasen@hp.com
Subject: Re: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:27:51 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45E5D7B7.9040501@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ce5df0c760f6b5ab896b31d1ce2839ee@kernel.crashing.org>
Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>> Just allocate the four slots and we'll deal with
>> anything above this in custom products.
>
> Another option is to use 46..49 for UARTs #0..3,
> and 192..195 for UARTs #4..7.
>
> Or, perhaps better, use 46..49 for #0..3, and
> 192..199 for #0..7, handling the duplication in
> the driver; and deprecate the old range.
That sounds like more hassle than it's worth. The discontinuous range
may be annoying, but it isn't really a huge amount of code.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-28 19:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-27 17:25 lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices Timur Tabi
2007-02-27 17:36 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-02-28 1:45 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-28 14:34 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 14:54 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-28 14:54 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-28 15:46 ` Dan Malek
2007-02-28 15:46 ` Dan Malek
2007-02-28 17:04 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 17:04 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 17:27 ` Dan Malek
2007-02-28 17:27 ` Dan Malek
2007-02-28 17:35 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 17:46 ` Dan Malek
2007-02-28 17:51 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 18:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-02-28 18:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-02-28 18:20 ` Dan Malek
2007-02-28 19:18 ` Kumar Gala
2007-02-28 19:18 ` Kumar Gala
2007-02-28 19:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-02-28 19:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-02-28 19:30 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 19:30 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 19:33 ` Kumar Gala
2007-02-28 19:33 ` Kumar Gala
2007-02-28 19:43 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 19:43 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 20:57 ` Dan Malek
2007-02-28 20:57 ` Dan Malek
2007-02-28 22:08 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-28 22:08 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-03-01 15:48 ` Dan Malek
2007-03-01 15:48 ` Dan Malek
2007-03-01 15:55 ` Timur Tabi
2007-03-01 15:55 ` Timur Tabi
2007-03-01 16:06 ` Dan Malek
2007-03-01 16:06 ` Dan Malek
2007-03-01 16:13 ` Timur Tabi
2007-03-01 16:13 ` Timur Tabi
2007-03-01 16:43 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-03-01 16:43 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-03-01 13:38 ` Mathiasen, Torben
2007-03-01 13:38 ` Mathiasen, Torben
2007-02-28 19:21 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 19:21 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 19:25 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-28 19:25 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-28 19:27 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2007-02-28 19:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-02-28 19:45 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-28 19:45 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-28 22:40 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-02-28 22:40 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-02-28 12:07 ` Mathiasen, Torben
2007-02-28 13:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-02-28 13:14 ` Mathiasen, Torben
2007-02-28 14:32 ` Kumar Gala
2007-02-28 14:37 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 14:51 ` Mathiasen, Torben
2007-02-28 14:54 ` Kumar Gala
2007-02-28 15:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-02-28 16:29 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 16:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-02-28 16:20 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 14:35 ` Timur Tabi
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