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Re: [RFC][PATCH] Xilinx uartlite serial driver: msg#00038

Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Xilinx uartlite serial driver
>>>>> "Sylvain" == Sylvain Munaut <tnt@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

 Sylvain> Yes, I confirm that using the major 4 space is really a bad
 Sylvain> idea. The mpc52xx driver did this, up until the point of
 Sylvain> people reported very annoying problems when pcmcia serial
 Sylvain> card were presents ;)

Exactly. Using standard 16550 UARTs together with the uartlites is
quite common, that's why I hijacked the 204 range from the mpc52xx
driver instead of the 4 range of the 8250 driver.

But ok, I'll request a separate range for the uartlite driver.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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