Re: [PATCH V2 01/10] tty: Fallback to use dynamic major number

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On 11/26/2014 08:33 AM, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:37:16 -0800
> , Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@xxxxxxxxx>
>  wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:53:58PM -0800, Kevin Cernekee wrote:
>>>> From: Tushar Behera <tushar.behera@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> This email bounces, so I'm going to have to reject this patch.  I can't
>>> accept a patch from a "fake" person, let alone something that touches
>>> core code like this.
>>>
>>> Sorry, I can't accept anything in this series then.
>>
>> Oops, guess I probably should have updated his address after the V1
>> emails bounced...
>>
>> Before I send a new version, what do you think about the overall
>> approach?  Should we try to make serial8250 coexist with the other
>> "ttyS / major 4 / minor 64" drivers (possibly at the expense of
>> compatibility) or is it better to start with a simpler, cleaner driver
>> like serial/pxa?
> 
> Co-existing really needs to be fixed.

What are the requirements for co-existence?
Is it sufficient to provide 1st come-1st served minor allocation?

Anything done should be designed to solve this name problem forever,
not some expeditious band-aid.
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