From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Dan Malek <dan@embeddedalley.com>
Cc: linux-ppc-embedded <linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Torben.Mathiasen@hp.com, Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
Subject: Re: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:08:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a2fc3b0b25c4ad798b63b03763256a2f@kernel.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A6EED9FC-4CE4-4089-ACB8-A1C7A3C50FDD@embeddedalley.com>
> Please, let's just leave the four we have
No one is suggesting otherwise.
> and let
> the driver just allocate increasing minor numbers.
> If anyone has a product with more than 4 UARTs,
> they will have to figure out what to do with the
> additional minors.
Since you say no one has ever used more than 4 UARTs,
there are two options:
- Cap the driver at 4 UARTs;
- Assign an extra range of minors for more ports.
Just randomly using some extra minors that aren't
assigned to you isn't such a great idea.
Segher
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-28 22:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2007-02-28 14:54 ` lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-28 15:46 ` Dan Malek
2007-02-28 17:04 ` Timur Tabi
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 18:20 ` Dan Malek
2007-02-28 19:18 ` Kumar Gala
2007-02-28 19:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-02-28 19:30 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 19:33 ` Kumar Gala
2007-02-28 19:43 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 20:57 ` Dan Malek
2007-02-28 22:08 ` Segher Boessenkool [this message]
2007-03-01 15:48 ` Dan Malek
2007-03-01 15:55 ` Timur Tabi
2007-03-01 16:06 ` Dan Malek
2007-03-01 16:13 ` Timur Tabi
2007-03-01 16:43 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-03-01 13:38 ` Mathiasen, Torben
2007-02-28 19:21 ` Timur Tabi
2007-02-28 19:25 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-28 19:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-02-28 19:45 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-28 22:40 ` Jan Engelhardt
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