Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] serial: uartlite: Use dynamic allocation for major number when uart ports > 4

[Jiri Slaby]

On 14. 11. 23, 10:33, Manikanta Guntupalli wrote:
> Device number 204 has a range of minors on major number.
> uart_register_driver is failing due to lack of minor numbers
> when more number of uart ports used. So, to avoid minor number
> limitation on 204 major number use dynamic major allocation
> when more than 4 uart ports used otherwise use static major
> allocation.
>
> https://docs.kernel.org/arch/arm/sa1100/serial_uart.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Manikanta Guntupalli <manikanta.guntupalli@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes for V2:
> Update logic to use either static or dynamic major allocation.
> Update commit description.
> Update description of SERIAL_UARTLITE_NR_UARTS in Kconfig.
> ---
>   drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig    | 2 ++
>   drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c | 5 +++++
>   2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
> index 732c893c8d16..368c63066a86 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
> @@ -532,6 +532,8 @@ config SERIAL_UARTLITE_NR_UARTS
>   	help
>   	  Set this to the number of uartlites in your system, or the number
>   	  you think you might implement.
> +	  If maximum number of uartlite serial ports more than 4,

A verb is missing. The same in patch 1/2.

> then driver uses
> +	  dynamic allocation instead of static allocation for major number.
>   
>   config SERIAL_SUNCORE
>   	bool
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c b/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
> index 404c14acafa5..517f1f34143d 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
> @@ -24,8 +24,13 @@
>   #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
>   
>   #define ULITE_NAME		"ttyUL"
> +#if (CONFIG_SERIAL_UARTLITE_NR_UARTS > 4)

The parentheses are unneeded, right?

> +#define ULITE_MAJOR             0       /* use dynamic node allocation */
> +#define ULITE_MINOR             0
> +#else
>   #define ULITE_MAJOR		204
>   #define ULITE_MINOR		187
> +#endif
>   #define ULITE_NR_UARTS		CONFIG_SERIAL_UARTLITE_NR_UARTS
>   
>   /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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