lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Thu Mar 1 06:27:51 EST 2007
Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>> Just allocate the four slots and we'll deal with
>> anything above this in custom products.
>
> Another option is to use 46..49 for UARTs #0..3,
> and 192..195 for UARTs #4..7.
>
> Or, perhaps better, use 46..49 for #0..3, and
> 192..199 for #0..7, handling the duplication in
> the driver; and deprecate the old range.
That sounds like more hassle than it's worth. The discontinuous range
may be annoying, but it isn't really a huge amount of code.
-hpa
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