Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:04:42 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers. |
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, David Miller wrote: > From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> > Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:19:59 -0400 > > > I don't see why that 'should' be the case. Certainly it _isn't_ the case > > on most supported platforms -- we have separate device numbers, and > > names, for most types of ports. There's only one or two drivers which > > abuse ttySn for anything other than 8250 ports. > > sunsu, sunzilog, pmac_zilog, sunsab, etc.
amiserial.
> The list is longer than you think. In fact the convention is > very well established.
And I guess the recently revived Atari serial driver, too.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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