Hi, 2010/12/20 Charles Manning <[email protected]>: > Hi All > > With the change to the new omap-serial stuff, the device names have changed > from /dev/ttySn to /dev/ttyOn. > > Using the "fit/form/function" argument, this would seem to be a bad idea. > > The kernel does not exist in a vacuum. It is surrounded by u-boot scripts, > command line options, init scripts etc etc. Flipping back and forth between > 2.6.36 and 2.6.37 kernels for testing purposes needs these to be changed. > Annoying and anti-productive. > > Isn't it just better to just replace the ttyOn name with ttyS. That would make > a far smoother transition. > > Thoughts?
In fact, the transition is not friendly indeed for a user. I don't know why the transition is introduced, for what purpose? Who can give a explanation? thanks, -- Lei Ming -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
