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. Changes for V3: Fix typo. Move description to above of ttyUL. Changes for V4: Fix typo. --- Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt index 839054923530..94c98be1329a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt @@ -2704,6 +2704,9 @@ ... 185 = /dev/ttyNX15 Hilscher netX serial port 15 186 = /dev/ttyJ0 JTAG1 DCC protocol based serial port emulation + + If maximum number of uartlite serial ports is more than 4, then the driver + uses dynamic allocation instead of static allocation for major number. 187 = /dev/ttyUL0 Xilinx uartlite - port 0 ... 190 = /dev/ttyUL3 Xilinx uartlite - port 3 -- 2.25.1
