From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261873AbVBAIwW (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Feb 2005 03:52:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261868AbVBAIvS (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Feb 2005 03:51:18 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:12985 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261870AbVBAIvB (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Feb 2005 03:51:01 -0500 Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:41:18 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Kumar Gala , Linux Kernel list Subject: Re: serial8250_init and platform_device Message-ID: <20050201084117.GA22229@kroah.com> References: <20050120154420.D13242@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <736677C2-6B16-11D9-BD44-000393DBC2E8@freescale.com> <20050120193845.H13242@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20050120195058.GA8835@kroah.com> <20050120201059.I13242@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050120201059.I13242@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 08:10:59PM +0000, Russell King wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 11:50:58AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 07:38:45PM +0000, Russell King wrote: > > > > > > Greg - the name is constructed from "name" + "id num" thusly: > > > > > > serial8250 > > > serial82500 > > > serial82501 > > > serial82502 > > > > > > When "name" ends in a number, it gets rather confusing. Can we have > > > an optional delimiter in there when we append the ID number, maybe > > > something like a '.' or ':' ? > > > > Sure, that's fine with me. Someone send me a patch :) > > Like this? > - > > Separate platform device name from platform device number such that > names ending with numbers aren't confusing. > > Signed-off-by: Russell King Looks good to me, applied. thanks, greg k-h