Re: [PATCH 5/8] altera_uart: Make it possible to use Altera UARTand 8250 ports together

[Alan Cox]

> I don't need it, but someone might.

Why ?

> Plus, it doesn't solve anything as there are only 256 minor
> numbers. ;-) If we ever want  to support the insane number of Altera
> UARTs, we'll have to solve it very differently. For now, I'd vote for
> keeping it simple.

We got past the 256/256 limit some time ago.

Alan
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