On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 05:40:57PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > On 08:34 Wed 08 May , Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 04:34:43PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > > +#define ASC_MAJOR 204 > > > > +#define ASC_MINOR_START 40 > > > > > > I don't know what the current policy is on allocating major/minor numbers, > > > but I'm sure you cannot just reuse one that is already used. > > > > I agree, why are you trying to create a new tty device name? Can't you > > use the existing ttyS name and minor number as you will not have any > > other type of serial device on this system? > > Greg on ST STB for more than 10 years we use ttyASC I'll prefer ttySx For 10+ years you have had an out-of-tree serial driver? What major/minor numbers did you use for it? > on the DTB SoC you have one one IP present the st,asc I don't understand, what do you mean by this? confused, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
