Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers.

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Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2007 - 7:56 pm

From: David Woodhouse
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:28:36 -0400

> Abusing the 8250 device numbers prevents the 8250 module from being

Dynamic minor number allocation for ttyS? would allow this
just fine, and that's exactly what we do on sparc as I
explained in another response.
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Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbe..., Geert Uytterhoeven, (Wed Apr 4, 2:58 am)
Re: [PATCH v3] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device nu..., Geert Uytterhoeven, (Thu Apr 5, 11:56 am)
Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbe..., Geert Uytterhoeven, (Wed Apr 4, 3:04 am)
Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbe..., Geert Uytterhoeven, (Wed Apr 4, 5:48 am)
Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbe..., Benjamin Herrenschmidt, (Tue Apr 3, 9:13 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbe..., Benjamin Herrenschmidt, (Tue Apr 3, 9:32 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbe..., David Miller, (Tue Apr 3, 7:56 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbe..., Benjamin Herrenschmidt, (Tue Apr 3, 9:13 pm)