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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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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