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

Paul Mackerras
2007-04-05T06:05:44Z

David Woodhouse writes:

> And you always will be. The amount of pain involved in implementing
> this, just so that people can call their serial port 'ttyS0', is _far_
> more than it's worth. It could be done, but it's a completely pointless
> waste of time and effort.

Avoiding breaking userspace is a completely pointless waste of time
and effort? Linux is ready for the desktop? Suuuure it is...

Paul.