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

Alan Cox
2007-04-04T01:25:44Z

> I don't need to know anything about the inanrds of my computer to
> bring up the ethernet interface, me caveman me bringup eth0, me on
> network, caveman happy. The same should be true for serial ports.

You don't get machines with 64 ethernet ports on add-in cards. There are
good reasons for the naming schemes in use.

Alan