Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751784AbVLGVbf (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:31:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751786AbVLGVbe (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:31:34 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:12814 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751784AbVLGVbe (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:31:34 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 21:31:28 +0000 From: Russell King To: Xavier Bestel Cc: Jason Dravet , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: wrong number of serial port detected Message-ID: <20051207213128.GM6793@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Xavier Bestel , Jason Dravet , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20051207155034.GB6793@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20051207211551.GL6793@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <1133990886.6184.2.camel@bip.parateam.prv> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1133990886.6184.2.camel@bip.parateam.prv> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1202 Lines: 30 On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 10:28:05PM +0100, Xavier Bestel wrote: > Le mercredi 07 d?cembre 2005 ? 21:15 +0000, Russell King a ?crit : > > > 4. User tries the well documented "setserial /dev/ttyS2 port 0x220 irq 5" > > procedure, which has been supported since Linux 1.x > > > > 5. User finds that, because there is no ttyS2 device in /dev, they > > can't configure their card. > > Well, instead of polluting everybody's /dev for the 3 users having such > cards, why not just tell the user to run > MAKEDEV /dev/ttyS2 ; setserial /dev/ttyS2 port 0x220 irq 5 > instead ? (Or even mknod) Oh sorry. Mail me your root password and IP address, let me log in to your system, and I'll remove those device nodes right now. Thanks for pointing that out. Seriously, surely you aren't suggesting that I somehow have personal control over this? -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/