On 08/15/05 20:52, James.Smart@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Actually, I view this as being a little odd... > > What is "0000:00:04:0" in this case ? The "device" is not a serial > port, which is what the ttyXX back link would lead you to believe. > Thus, it's a serial port multiplexer that supports up to N ports, > right ? and wouldn't the more correct representation have been to > enumerate a device for each serial port ? (e.g. 0000:00:04.0/line0, > 0000:00:04.0/line1, or similar) > > Think if SCSI used this same style of representation. For example, > if there was no scsi target device entity, but class entities did > exist and they just pointed back to the scsi host device entry. > > My vote is to make the multiplexor instantiate each serial line > as a separate device. Hi James, Yes, you're absolutely and completely correct. I think the same way as you do. Luben - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
