Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:49:54 +0000 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.6.10 Altix : ioc4 serial driver support |
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On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 09:20:42AM -0600, Patrick Gefre wrote: > Russell King wrote: > > You want to register with the serial core before you register with PCI. > > Then add each port when you find it via the PCI driver ->probe method. > > > > Removal is precisely the reverse order - remove each port in ->remove > > method first, then unregister from serial core. > > How do I know how many ports I have when I register with serial core ? > I use the info I got when i probed to fill in .nr
You need to decide on a maximum number of ports and always use that. You only need to add the ports that you actually have in reality though.
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