From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd.simons@collabora.co.uk>,
"linux-serial@vger.kernel.org" <linux-serial@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move uart_register_driver call to device probe for pl010 and sh-sci
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:01:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170326100152.GN7909@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdUkfzJw6W0jQZPChN+Uqb0Ewkn86o0Pzd+9+Wi1-XZRAw@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 11:22:57AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Time for the serial subsystem to switch to dynamic minors, and get rid of the
> what-is-your-serial-port-called-again-on-this-platform
> multi-million-euro question?
Dynamic device numbers are fine for those who use devtmpfs / udev, but I
would imagine that there are systems out there which don't, and if they
change, systems become inaccessible (the port becomes dead, even to
sysrq.)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-03-26 10:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-24 16:26 [PATCH 0/2] Move uart_register_driver call to device probe for pl010 and sh-sci Sjoerd Simons
2017-03-24 16:26 ` [PATCH 1/2] serial: pl010: Move uart_register_driver call to device probe Sjoerd Simons
2017-03-24 16:47 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2017-03-24 16:26 ` [PATCH 2/2] serial: sh-sci: " Sjoerd Simons
2017-03-24 16:42 ` [PATCH 0/2] Move uart_register_driver call to device probe for pl010 and sh-sci Russell King - ARM Linux
2017-03-26 9:22 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-03-26 10:01 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2017-03-31 13:27 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
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