From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:22:11 +0100 > > At the user level, there is no difference between a sun zilog serial port, > > an 8250 serial port or a USB serial port so these should be allocated > > using the same allocation system. > > That isn't strictly true. > > > For me, it would also simplify the issue of trying to work what devive to > > look for when I plug in a new USB serial port device. It would be the new > > /dev/ttyS<x> to appear in /dev. > > Naming is a private matter for udev anyway, independant of numbering for > major/minor True. But I think there is some merit in having such a generic allocator for the current users of the ttySX minor space. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html