Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move uart_register_driver call to device probe for pl010 and sh-sci

From	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
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Subject	Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move uart_register_driver call to device probe for pl010 and sh-sci
Date	2017-03-26 12:10 +0200
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On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 11:22:57AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Time for the serial subsystem to switch to dynamic minors, and get rid of the
> what-is-your-serial-port-called-again-on-this-platform
> multi-million-euro question?

Dynamic device numbers are fine for those who use devtmpfs / udev, but I
would imagine that there are systems out there which don't, and if they
change, systems become inaccessible (the port becomes dead, even to
sysrq.)

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[PATCH 0/2] Move uart_register_driver call to device probe for pl010 and sh-sci Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd.simons@collabora.co.uk> - 2017-03-24 17:30 +0100
  [PATCH 1/2] serial: pl010: Move uart_register_driver call to device probe Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd.simons@collabora.co.uk> - 2017-03-24 17:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/2] serial: pl010: Move uart_register_driver call to  device probe Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2017-03-24 17:50 +0100
  [PATCH 2/2] serial: sh-sci: Move uart_register_driver call to device probe Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd.simons@collabora.co.uk> - 2017-03-24 17:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move uart_register_driver call to device probe for  pl010 and sh-sci Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2017-03-24 17:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move uart_register_driver call to device probe for  pl010 and sh-sci Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2017-03-26 11:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move uart_register_driver call to device probe for  pl010 and sh-sci Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2017-03-26 12:10 +0200

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