Re: [patch 2/2] 8250_pnp: register x86 COM ports at the conventional ttyS names

From: Russell King
Date: Wed Jan 16 2008 - 13:42:32 EST


On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 10:05:43AM -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> static int __devinit
> +serial_pnp_line(struct uart_port *port)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86
> + switch (port->iobase) {
> + case 0x3f8: return 0; /* COM1 -> ttyS0 */
> + case 0x2f8: return 1; /* COM2 -> ttyS1 */
> + case 0x3e8: return 2; /* COM3 -> ttyS2 */
> + case 0x2e8: return 3; /* COM4 -> ttyS3 */
> + }
> +#endif

So what if someone intentionally modifies SERIAL_DEFN_PORTS to point
ttyS[0-3] somewhere else? They also have to modify this code as well.

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Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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