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

From: Ben Dooks
Date: Sun Sep 26 2010 - 20:17:14 EST


On 24/09/10 08:34, 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.

Different driver. And yes, we've built systems with both this and
an 8250 base chip.
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