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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] serial: samsung: Move uart_register_driver call to device probe
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 02:32:34PM +0530, Tushar Behera wrote:
> uart_register_driver call binds the driver to a specific device
> node through tty_register_driver call. This should typically happen
> during device probe call.
>
> In a multiplatform scenario, it is possible that multiple serial
> drivers are part of the kernel. Currently the driver registration fails
> if multiple serial drivers with same default major/minor numbers are
> included in the kernel.
>
> A typical case is observed with amba-pl011 and samsung-uart drivers.

The samsung-uart driver is at fault here - the major/minor numbers were
officially registered to amba-pl011. Samsung needs to be fixed properly.

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