Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Apr 2007 02:28:28 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers. |
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> I don't need to know anything about the inanrds of my computer to > bring up the ethernet interface, me caveman me bringup eth0, me on > network, caveman happy. The same should be true for serial ports.
You don't get machines with 64 ethernet ports on add-in cards. There are good reasons for the naming schemes in use.
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