* Andrew Davis <afd@xxxxxx> [221118 21:05]: > Why do we need SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS at all, might be a better question. > These should be dynamically allocated if the number goes over the > default count imposed by the TTY framework. Maybe folks are still a > bit too afraid to touch the TTY subsystem core, I don't blame them.. The 8250 core preallocates a number of ports for use, see serial8250_isa_init_ports() and serial8250_register_8250_port(). As the serial port driver probes, the preallocated ports get re-assigned to the port driver. Maybe we could keep the static serial8250_ports[] and add those ports to a list where also the dynamically allocated ports would go.. Regards, Tony
