Re: Allow 8250 to work on sparc.

From: Alan Cox
Date: Mon Sep 15 2008 - 12:54:14 EST


> At the user level, there is no difference between a sun zilog serial port,
> an 8250 serial port or a USB serial port so these should be allocated
> using the same allocation system.

That isn't strictly true.

> For me, it would also simplify the issue of trying to work what devive to
> look for when I plug in a new USB serial port device. It would be the new
> /dev/ttyS<x> to appear in /dev.

Naming is a private matter for udev anyway, independant of numbering for
major/minor
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