From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A028DDEBD for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 11:14:55 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers. From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20070403.165657.34759233.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1175610345.2665.15.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <17938.57292.870224.132415@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> <1175642916.10567.24.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <20070403.165657.34759233.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:13:58 +1000 Message-Id: <1175649238.30879.21.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: paulus@samba.org, dwmw2@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 16:56 -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: David Woodhouse > Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:28:36 -0400 > > > Abusing the 8250 device numbers prevents the 8250 module from being > > loaded at the same time as pmac_zilog, and means you can't have both > > internal port and PCMCIA or PCI 8250 ports active at the same time. > > Dynamic minor number allocation for ttyS? would allow this > just fine, and that's exactly what we do on sparc as I > explained in another response. If we can get it past whoever is the current 8250 maintainer, then fine with me. Back then, I hit a brick wall. Ben.