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From: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Ruud Linders <rkmp@xs4all.nl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.x kernels and ttyS45 for 6 serial ports ?
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:04:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040405120452.B31038@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4071367B.2060103@xs4all.nl>; from rkmp@xs4all.nl on Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 12:35:39PM +0200

On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 12:35:39PM +0200, Ruud Linders wrote:
> Now checking this on 2.6.5 it got more confusing, I now have with
> total of 6 serial ports a device number ttyS45 !?

And what happens if you detect a PCI modem at IO address 0x2e8 after
you've detected your PCI card and assigned it ttyS4?

Don't you think that would complain that their modem should be assigned
ttyS4 rather than their PCI multiport card getting it?

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
 maintainer of:  2.6 PCMCIA      - http://pcmcia.arm.linux.org.uk/
                 2.6 Serial core

  reply	other threads:[~2004-04-05 11:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-04-05 10:35 2.6.x kernels and ttyS45 for 6 serial ports ? Ruud Linders
2004-04-05 11:04 ` Russell King [this message]
2004-04-05 14:08   ` Ruud Linders
2004-04-05 14:21     ` Arjan van de Ven
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-04-06 16:37 Bjorn Helgaas
2004-04-06 16:45 ` Bjorn Helgaas

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