From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org (Greg KH)
Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 08:34:59 -0700
Subject: [RFC 1/8] serial:st-asc: Add ST ASC driver.
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On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 04:34:43PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > +#define ASC_MAJOR		204
> > +#define ASC_MINOR_START		40
> 
> I don't know what the current policy is on allocating major/minor numbers,
> but I'm sure you cannot just reuse one that is already used.

I agree, why are you trying to create a new tty device name?  Can't you
use the existing ttyS name and minor number as you will not have any
other type of serial device on this system?

thanks,

greg k-h