Please, let's just leave the four we have
No one is suggesting otherwise.
and let the driver just allocate increasing minor numbers. If anyone has a product with more than 4 UARTs, they will have to figure out what to do with the additional minors.
Since you say no one has ever used more than 4 UARTs, there are two options: - Cap the driver at 4 UARTs; - Assign an extra range of minors for more ports. Just randomly using some extra minors that aren't assigned to you isn't such a great idea. Segher - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/