On 08/15/05 20:52, [email protected] wrote:
> Actually, I view this as being a little odd...
>
> What is "0000:00:04:0" in this case ? The "device" is not a serial
> port, which is what the ttyXX back link would lead you to believe.
> Thus, it's a serial port multiplexer that supports up to N ports,
> right ? and wouldn't the more correct representation have been to
> enumerate a device for each serial port ? (e.g. 0000:00:04.0/line0,
> 0000:00:04.0/line1, or similar)
>
> Think if SCSI used this same style of representation. For example,
> if there was no scsi target device entity, but class entities did
> exist and they just pointed back to the scsi host device entry.
>
> My vote is to make the multiplexor instantiate each serial line
> as a separate device.
Hi James,
Yes, you're absolutely and completely correct. I think the same
way as you do.
Luben
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