commit a61c2d78ce61e67baf27c43f6721db87a27ac762
author Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Sat Jan 07 23:18:19 2006 +0000
committer Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> Sat Jan 07 23:18:19 2006 +0000
tree c27d0df1c743cff54f15f7476c86ced8917047e5
parent f61051cd2fc58546f28c226933942d4360810ffb

[SERIAL] Make the number of UARTs registered configurable.

Also add a nr_uarts module option to the 8250 code to override
this, up to a maximum of CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS

This should appease people who complain about a proliferation
of /dev/ttyS & /sysfs nodes whilst at the same time allowing
a single kernel image to support the rarer occasions of
lots of devices.

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index acb010b..0dc848b 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -998,6 +998,8 @@
 
 	nowb		[ARM]
 
+	nr_uarts=	[SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered.
+
 	opl3=		[HW,OSS]
 			Format: <io>