Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jun 2004 08:54:30 +0100 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6] Altix serial driver |
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On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 06:44:43PM -0700, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 02:14:39AM +0100, Russell King wrote: > > It's the way its always been done, and the way the tty layer works. > > You register a range of ttys that you're going to be driving, and > > you own those ttys whether or not you actually have hardware for > > them. > > How about this (yes, it's a hack but it's really not that bad and will > get things working until we can fix this up in 2.7.x):
If you're going to do that, why not just disable 8250 in the kernels configuration? It has exactly the same effect. With the change you propose, you can't even use 8250 for PCMCIA serial cards.
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