On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 10:05:43AM -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>  static int __devinit
> +serial_pnp_line(struct uart_port *port)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86
> +     switch (port->iobase) {
> +     case 0x3f8:     return 0;       /* COM1 -> ttyS0 */
> +     case 0x2f8:     return 1;       /* COM2 -> ttyS1 */
> +     case 0x3e8:     return 2;       /* COM3 -> ttyS2 */
> +     case 0x2e8:     return 3;       /* COM4 -> ttyS3 */
> +     }
> +#endif

So what if someone intentionally modifies SERIAL_DEFN_PORTS to point
ttyS[0-3] somewhere else?  They also have to modify this code as well.

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Russell King
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