Re: [PATCH] 2.6.10 Altix : ioc4 serial driver support

[Patrick Gefre]

Russell King wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 01:44:23PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>
> > > I still save off the pci_dev ptrs for all cards found, so I can
> > > register with the serial core after probe (is there a better way?).
> > > Should I register the driver separately for each card ? That seems a
> > > bit overkill.
> >
> > You should register them with the serial core in ->probe.
>
>
> You want to register with the serial core before you register with PCI.
> Then add each port when you find it via the PCI driver ->probe method.
>
> Removal is precisely the reverse order - remove each port in ->remove
> method first, then unregister from serial core.

How do I know how many ports I have when I register with serial core ? I use the info I got when i 
probed to fill in .nr

-- Pat
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