From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:32:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:32:09 -0400 Received: from avscan1.sentex.ca ([199.212.134.11]:10246 "EHLO avscan1.sentex.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:32:07 -0400 Message-ID: <008801c237d6$8b7dc640$294b82ce@connecttech.com> From: "Stuart MacDonald" To: "Matthew Wilcox" , "Russell King" , Cc: , References: <20020729040824.GA2351@zax> <20020729100009.A23843@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20020729144408.GA11206@opus.bloom.county> <20020729181702.E25451@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20020729231927.D3317@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] 3 Serial issues up for discussion (was: Re: Serial core problems on embedded PPC) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:36:51 -0400 Organization: Connect Tech Inc. X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "Matthew Wilcox" > I'm not. All the issues you mention below go away if we make the rule > that _all_ serial ports are /dev/ttyS*. Userspace can have symlinks to > ease the transition if necessary. I agree. > but we should be able to reclaim: > > Chase serial card (major 17/18), the Cyclades (major 19/20), Digiboard > (major 22/23), Stallion (major 24/25), Specialix (32/33), isdn4linux > (43/44), Comtrol (46/47), SDL RISCom (48/49), Hayes (57/58), Computone > (71/72), Specialix (75/76), PAM (78/79), Comtrol VS (105/106), ISI > (112/113), Technology Concepts (148/149), Specialix RIO (154/155/156/157), > Chase Research (164/165), ACM (166/167), Moxa (172/173), SmartIO > (174/175), USB (188/189), Low-density misc serial ports (204/205), > userspace (208/209) BlueTooth (216/217), A2232 (224/225) ... holy crap, > that's a lot of char dev space ;-) 52 majors.. think what those must > be worth on the open market ;-) I don't know if reclaiming the USB major is a good idea or not. ..Stu