| To: | Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org> |
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| Subject: | Re: [pnx833x_port]: device name prefix - ttyS or ttySA? |
| From: | Ihar Hrachyshka <ihar.hrachyshka@gmail.com> |
| Date: | Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:15:12 +0200 |
| Cc: | linux-mips@linux-mips.org |
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On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Le Tuesday 13 January 2009 16:07:50 Ihar Hrachyshka, vous avez écrit : >> In 'drivers/serial/pnx833x_port.c' we define the prefix for UART serial >> device as "ttyS". Anyway, we use major:minor numbers for SA1100 serial >> driver (that are 204:5). Why don't we use "ttySA" prefix then? That's >> what different embedded build systems expect for populating /dev (f.e. >> buildroot). > > In my experience, everything that is not ttyS is a bit confusing either when > creating the devices in the roots, or when using the serial console in the > kernel command line. So I will vote for ttyS. The problem is that use-case with generic 8250 and board specific serial drivers both enabled is not a fantasy. So we need to differentiate between them. > > My 2 cents. > -- > Best regards, Florian Fainelli > Email : florian@openwrt.org > http://openwrt.org > ------------------------------- > |
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