Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Apr 2007 17:25:14 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers. |
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> One option would be to move the 8250-based serial ports, to, say, > /dev/ttyN* (for National Semiconductors -- the best I could come up > with) and redefine /dev/ttyS* as a serial port multiplexer which maps in > all the types, for the ones that really want dynamic mapping.
I think this makes it worse than simply starting the 8250 ports at a platform specific minor offset.
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