Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:51:12 +0100 (BST) | From | Mark Fortescue <> | Subject | Re: Allow 8250 to work on sparc. |
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Hi Alan,
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008, Alan Cox wrote:
>> At the user level, there is no difference between a sun zilog serial port, >> an 8250 serial port or a USB serial port so these should be allocated >> using the same allocation system. > > That isn't strictly true.
I am intrigued. Other than the valid baud rates what differences are visible at the user level?
> >> For me, it would also simplify the issue of trying to work what devive to >> look for when I plug in a new USB serial port device. It would be the new >> /dev/ttyS<x> to appear in /dev. > > Naming is a private matter for udev anyway, independant of numbering for > major/minor >
Yes, but I have not found a simple way to configure it to add serial port devices to the next available /dev/ttyS<xx>. If this was the default, it would be much easier for me :). (I am assuming that all the different serial port devices I use are transparent at the user level, hence my question above.)
Regards Mark.
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