Re: Naming inconsistency for serial device on sparc
From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 22:25:57 +0200
> On 4/14/19 10:18 PM, David Miller wrote:
>> From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
>> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:21:32 +0200
>>
>>> Is there any particular reason this device name mismatch exists or
>>> is it just a bug we can fix?
>>
>> It's probably been there for so long that changing it is likely to
>> have a risk of breaking some other piece of software.
>
> Hmm, good point. We could maybe change it in the Debian kernel for testing
> purposes and see if anything breaks for our users.
>
> I'll report back.
That would cover Debian, but what about other distros whose components
are looking for the "wrong" name?
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