Re: [PATCH v4] uartlite: Adding a kernel parameter for the number of uartlites

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On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 08:59:08AM -0700, Sam Povilus wrote:
> The number of uartlites should be set by a kernel parameter instead of
> using a #define. This allows the user to set the number of uartlites
> using only kconfig and not modifying kernel source.
> 
> The uartlite is used by FPGAs that support a basically unlimited number
> of uarts so limiting it at 16 dosn't make sense as users might need more
> than that.

Shouldn't you bound the size here?  What happens if you ask for 10000
uarts?

thanks,

greg k-h
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