Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers.

Geert Uytterhoeven
2007-04-04T07:04:44Z

On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:19:59 -0400
>
> > I don't see why that 'should' be the case. Certainly it _isn't_ the case
> > on most supported platforms -- we have separate device numbers, and
> > names, for most types of ports. There's only one or two drivers which
> > abuse ttySn for anything other than 8250 ports.
>
> sunsu, sunzilog, pmac_zilog, sunsab, etc.

amiserial.

> The list is longer than you think. In fact the convention is
> very well established.

And I guess the recently revived Atari serial driver, too.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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