From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751344AbdCZKDF (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2017 06:03:05 -0400 Received: from pandora.armlinux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:48428 "EHLO pandora.armlinux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751256AbdCZKDC (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2017 06:03:02 -0400 Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:01:52 +0100 From: Russell King - ARM Linux To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Sjoerd Simons , "linux-serial@vger.kernel.org" , Linux-Renesas , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Jiri Slaby Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move uart_register_driver call to device probe for pl010 and sh-sci Message-ID: <20170326100152.GN7909@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> References: <20170324162634.8880-1-sjoerd.simons@collabora.co.uk> <20170324164202.GI7909@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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.) -- RMK's Patch system: http://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 9.6Mbps down 400kbps up according to speedtest.net.