From: Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
To: Ihar Hrachyshka <ihar.hrachyshka@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [pnx833x_port]: device name prefix - ttyS or ttySA?
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:30:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200901131830.32900.florian@openwrt.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1231859270.25974.32.camel@EPBYMINW0568>
Hi,
Le Tuesday 13 January 2009 16:07:50 Ihar Hrachyshka, vous avez écrit :
> In 'drivers/serial/pnx833x_port.c' we define the prefix for UART serial
> device as "ttyS". Anyway, we use major:minor numbers for SA1100 serial
> driver (that are 204:5). Why don't we use "ttySA" prefix then? That's
> what different embedded build systems expect for populating /dev (f.e.
> buildroot).
In my experience, everything that is not ttyS is a bit confusing either when
creating the devices in the roots, or when using the serial console in the
kernel command line. So I will vote for ttyS.
My 2 cents.
--
Best regards, Florian Fainelli
Email : florian@openwrt.org
http://openwrt.org
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-13 15:07 [pnx833x_port]: device name prefix - ttyS or ttySA? Ihar Hrachyshka
2009-01-13 17:30 ` Florian Fainelli [this message]
2009-01-13 18:15 ` Ihar Hrachyshka
2009-01-13 17:39 ` Sergei Shtylyov
[not found] ` <C13DBBE85AD6974B85C118C35890CA5F1A85149CC6@EU1RDCRDC1WX029.exi.nxp.com>
2009-01-13 18:13 ` Ihar Hrachyshka
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