On 14. 11. 23, 10:33, Manikanta Guntupalli wrote:
> Describe when uartlite driver uses static/dynamic allocation for major
> number based on maximum number of uartlite serial ports.
>
> Signed-off-by: Manikanta Guntupalli <manikanta.guntupalli@amd.com>
> ---
> Changes for V2:
> This patch introduced in V2.
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
> index 839054923530..d2f2c9f436db 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
> @@ -2707,6 +2707,10 @@
> 187 = /dev/ttyUL0 Xilinx uartlite - port 0
> ...
> 190 = /dev/ttyUL3 Xilinx uartlite - port 3
> +
> + If maximum number of uartlite serial ports more than 4, then driver uses
> + dynamic allocation instead of static allocation for major number.
I am not sure about the placement of this comment. This looks like it
holds for xvc below.
> 191 = /dev/xvc0 Xen virtual console - port 0
> 192 = /dev/ttyPZ0 pmac_zilog - port 0
> ...
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js
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