Re: [RESEND PATCH] serial: samsung: fix device name

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 09:34:53AM +0200, Simon Richter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 09:57:19AM +0300, Darius Augulis wrote:
> 
> > It does - now devices are named /dev/s3c2410_serial, and patch changes
> > its name to /dev/ttySAC
> 
> I wonder if it'd make sense to name them ttyS[0-9]. I've never
> understood why the platform standard fixed serial ports on any device
> should have a different name.

It's called namespace.  If platform serial ports are different, then
they have to have a separate namespace otherwise things like
console= end up having to have a separate namespace from the one
which the user sees in the filesystem.

Moreover, you introduce a bunch of special cases into the 8250 serial
driver - or you simply exclude the 8250 serial driver being used on a
platform.
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