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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:50:58 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@freescale.com>,
       Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: serial8250_init and platform_device
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On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 07:38:45PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> 
> Greg - the name is constructed from "name" + "id num" thusly:
> 
> 	serial8250
> 	serial82500
> 	serial82501
> 	serial82502
> 
> When "name" ends in a number, it gets rather confusing.  Can we have
> an optional delimiter in there when we append the ID number, maybe
> something like a '.' or ':' ?

Sure, that's fine with me.  Someone send me a patch :)

thanks,

greg k-h