Re: [parisc-linux] 3 Serial issues up for discussion (was: Re: Serial core problems on embedded PPC)

[Stuart MacDonald]

From: "Matthew Wilcox" <[e-mail]>
> I'm not.  All the issues you mention below go away if we make the rule
> that _all_ serial ports are /dev/ttyS*.  Userspace can have symlinks to
> ease the transition if necessary.

I agree.

> but we should be able to reclaim:
>
> Chase serial card (major 17/18), the Cyclades (major 19/20), Digiboard
> (major 22/23), Stallion (major 24/25), Specialix (32/33), isdn4linux
> (43/44), Comtrol (46/47), SDL RISCom (48/49), Hayes (57/58), Computone
> (71/72), Specialix (75/76), PAM (78/79), Comtrol VS (105/106), ISI
> (112/113), Technology Concepts (148/149), Specialix RIO (154/155/156/157),
> Chase Research (164/165), ACM (166/167), Moxa (172/173), SmartIO
> (174/175), USB (188/189), Low-density misc serial ports (204/205),
> userspace (208/209) BlueTooth (216/217), A2232 (224/225) ... holy crap,
> that's a lot of char dev space ;-)  52 majors.. think what those must
> be worth on the open market ;-)

I don't know if reclaiming the USB major is a good idea or not.

..Stu