Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] Documentation: devices.txt: Update ttyUL major number allocation details

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On 14. 11. 23, 10:33, Manikanta Guntupalli wrote:
Describe when uartlite driver uses static/dynamic allocation for major
number based on maximum number of uartlite serial ports.

Signed-off-by: Manikanta Guntupalli <manikanta.guntupalli@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes for V2:
This patch introduced in V2.
---
  Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt | 4 ++++
  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
index 839054923530..d2f2c9f436db 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
@@ -2707,6 +2707,10 @@
  		 187 = /dev/ttyUL0		Xilinx uartlite - port 0
  		    ...
  		 190 = /dev/ttyUL3		Xilinx uartlite - port 3
+
+		 If maximum number of uartlite serial ports more than 4, then driver uses
+		 dynamic allocation instead of static allocation for major number.

I am not sure about the placement of this comment. This looks like it holds for xvc below.

  		 191 = /dev/xvc0		Xen virtual console - port 0
  		 192 = /dev/ttyPZ0		pmac_zilog - port 0
  		    ...

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js
suse labs





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