Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] serial: Fix port type numbering for TI DA8xx

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On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 04:58:22PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> The UAPI has a global list of unique numbers for different port types.
> The commit
> 	a2d6a987bfe4 ("serial: 8250: Add new port type for TI DA8xx/66AK2x")
> introduced a new port type and brought the collision with two other port
> types.
> 
> Reuse 95 for it instead.

I hate this "global userspace list", is there any good reason it is used
or needed at all?  Why are we adding new ids here when no one uses them?
Can we just delete the thing?

thanks,

greg k-h
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