lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Mar 1 09:08:23 EST 2007


> Please, let's just leave the four we have

No one is suggesting otherwise.

> and let
> the driver just allocate increasing minor numbers.
> If anyone has a product with more than 4 UARTs,
> they will have to figure out what to do with the
> additional minors.

Since you say no one has ever used more than 4 UARTs,
there are two options:

- Cap the driver at 4 UARTs;
- Assign an extra range of minors for more ports.

Just randomly using some extra minors that aren't
assigned to you isn't such a great idea.


Segher




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