From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263835AbUDVIdI (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2004 04:33:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263875AbUDVIdI (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2004 04:33:08 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:15627 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263835AbUDVIdF (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2004 04:33:05 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:33:02 +0100 From: Russell King To: Jason Cox Cc: James Simmons , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Change number of tty devices Message-ID: <20040422093302.B19797@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Jason Cox , James Simmons , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from steel300@gentoo.org on Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 02:24:06AM +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 02:24:06AM +0000, Jason Cox wrote: > > When the kernel supports multi-desktop systems we will have to deal > > with the serial and VT issue. Most likely the serial tty drivers will > > be given a different major number. > > Why isn't this done now? It's a API change and requires a flag day "everyone update their filesystem." Especially in a stable kernel series. -- 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