Trying to reuse the name serial clashes with the existing
serial driver, creating the error message below, so rename
it to vserial.
Serial: virtual 8250/16550 driver 8 ports
WARNING: at fs/proc/generic.c:590 proc_register+0xa8/0x140()
Hardware name: System Name
proc_dir_entry 'driver/serial' already registered
---
v8250.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/v8250.c b/v8250.c
index a1b3983..77422a1 100644
--- a/v8250.c
+++ b/v8250.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ static struct uart_ops serial8250_pops = {
static struct uart_driver serial8250_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
- .driver_name = "serial",
+ .driver_name = "vserial",
.dev_name = "ttySV",
.major = TTY_MAJOR,
.minor = 64 + CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS,
--
1.6.5.2
