Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932500AbXB1WIa (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:08:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932503AbXB1WIa (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:08:30 -0500 Received: from mail-in-02.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.42]:34360 "EHLO mail-in-02.arcor-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932500AbXB1WI3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:08:29 -0500 In-Reply-To: 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> <45E5D627.6030707@zytor.com> <45E5D84A.5000502@freescale.com> <278AADB6-E175-4177-A728-5357E21697B7@kernel.crashing.org> <45E5DB49.8010205@freescale.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v623) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Kumar Gala , linux-ppc-embedded , Timur Tabi , Linux Kernel Mailing List , "H. Peter Anvin" , Torben.Mathiasen@hp.com From: Segher Boessenkool Subject: Re: lanana: Add major/minor entries for PPC QE UART devices Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:08:23 +0100 To: Dan Malek X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.623) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 767 Lines: 27 > 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 - 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/