Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:51:43 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: Allow 8250 to work on sparc. | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:22:11 +0100
> > 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. > > > 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
True. But I think there is some merit in having such a generic allocator for the current users of the ttySX minor space.
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