RE: [PATCH] add transport class symlink to device object

From: James . Smart
Date: Thu Aug 18 2005 - 06:33:27 EST


> They are class devices called ttyS0, ttyS1, ttyS2 so you can say
> they're uniquely named.
>
> The problem is that Matthew wants to add a symlink from the device
> device to the class device to complement the class device to device
> symlink, since we end up with multiple symlinks in the devices subdir
> all called the same.
>
> This causes serial a problem because we have multiple class devices
> per device.

Missing some key words IMHO:

"This causes serial a problem because we have multiple class devices
(and each are of the *same* class) per device"

-- james s
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