Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932404AbXB1T2L (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:28:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932406AbXB1T2L (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:28:11 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:41953 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932404AbXB1T2K (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:28:10 -0500 Message-ID: <45E5D7B7.9040501@zytor.com> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:27:51 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Segher Boessenkool CC: Dan Malek , linux-ppc-embedded , Timur Tabi , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Torben.Mathiasen@hp.com Subject: Re: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices References: <45E46976.6060600@freescale.com> <29c13109971547687159078eacdea008@kernel.crashing.org> <45E592DC.9060700@freescale.com> <511cacb7bbe8a65ff72738c84ec9ece4@kernel.crashing.org> <45E5B604.904@freescale.com> <46F6BF70-2922-4E05-8DAB-6B0830B0AB47@embeddedalley.com> <45E5BD6B.1010509@freescale.com> <45E5C128.7020204@freescale.com> <45E5C333.2060100@zytor.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 736 Lines: 21 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 - 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/