diff --git a/drivers/serial/21285.c b/drivers/serial/21285.c
index 7572665a885516d89ece6dcb5898154a14be2916..9fd0de4b7afdb961608af0d0c62b1e7c8d56cbf6 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/21285.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/21285.c
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ static struct uart_driver serial21285_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "ttyFB",
.dev_name = "ttyFB",
- .devfs_name = "ttyFB",
.major = SERIAL_21285_MAJOR,
.minor = SERIAL_21285_MINOR,
.nr = 1,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/8250.c b/drivers/serial/8250.c
index bbf78aaf9e01f074d15bf6db21042feb9dec5591..f361b356bd1d693f79a8777e9a568fdc9878267b 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/8250.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/8250.c
@@ -2354,7 +2354,6 @@ int __init serial8250_start_console(struct uart_port *port, char *options)
static struct uart_driver serial8250_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "serial",
- .devfs_name = "tts/",
.dev_name = "ttyS",
.major = TTY_MAJOR,
.minor = 64,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/at91_serial.c b/drivers/serial/at91_serial.c
index db5b25fafed42dfc36261dc6a4232e88d068f18a..df9500bdaded4ebe5903e57e56dc16a746e7d6b7 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/at91_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/at91_serial.c
@@ -863,7 +863,6 @@ static struct uart_driver at91_uart = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "at91_serial",
.dev_name = AT91_DEVICENAME,
- .devfs_name = AT91_DEVICENAME,
.major = SERIAL_AT91_MAJOR,
.minor = MINOR_START,
.nr = AT91_NR_UART,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/dz.c b/drivers/serial/dz.c
index bf71bad5c34f7ff14f3d55ec66d7f6db397e50b8..466d06cc7d3762473b812ddf45a4d4146dbd0e28 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/dz.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/dz.c
@@ -768,11 +768,7 @@ void __init dz_serial_console_init(void)
static struct uart_driver dz_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "serial",
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEVFS
- .dev_name = "tts/%d",
-#else
.dev_name = "ttyS%d",
-#endif
.major = TTY_MAJOR,
.minor = 64,
.nr = DZ_NB_PORT,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/imx.c b/drivers/serial/imx.c
index d202eb4f3848f0cade4b4b2ed841f34f76703241..da85bafa09423fab636cc784d3dd1c98eb5de9e9 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/imx.c
@@ -888,7 +888,6 @@ static struct uart_driver imx_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = DRIVER_NAME,
.dev_name = "ttySMX",
- .devfs_name = "ttsmx/",
.major = SERIAL_IMX_MAJOR,
.minor = MINOR_START,
.nr = ARRAY_SIZE(imx_ports),
diff --git a/drivers/serial/ip22zilog.c b/drivers/serial/ip22zilog.c
index 651772474ac17d6687b4722f337b06765c2e7524..56b093ecd779eac6c122130d08724ac92baa9f9c 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/ip22zilog.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/ip22zilog.c
@@ -1085,7 +1085,6 @@ static struct console ip22zilog_console = {
static struct uart_driver ip22zilog_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "serial",
- .devfs_name = "tts/",
.dev_name = "ttyS",
.major = TTY_MAJOR,
.minor = 64,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/m32r_sio.c b/drivers/serial/m32r_sio.c
index 321a40f33b5042c93db4baac5ef6300c1f7f1f68..6a2a25d9b59638762f0c1830dbbd7d6056094fcd 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/m32r_sio.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/m32r_sio.c
@@ -1131,7 +1131,6 @@ console_initcall(m32r_sio_console_init);
static struct uart_driver m32r_sio_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "sio",
- .devfs_name = "tts/",
.dev_name = "ttyS",
.major = TTY_MAJOR,
.minor = 64,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c b/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c
index 8ad242934368e43f66b7fbe1cbff628a047e9bc1..29c0630e3e64a2edfdfd83e98a098f313854a613 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/mcfserial.c
@@ -1713,7 +1713,6 @@ mcfrs_init(void)
/* Initialize the tty_driver structure */
mcfrs_serial_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
mcfrs_serial_driver->name = "ttyS";
- mcfrs_serial_driver->devfs_name = "ttys/";
mcfrs_serial_driver->driver_name = "serial";
mcfrs_serial_driver->major = TTY_MAJOR;
mcfrs_serial_driver->minor_start = 64;
diff --git a/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c b/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
index 6459edc7f5c5e09d23bef78c590abfe677a5a813..1aa34844218cee9065bf7e3f8d4304af5b688fff 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
@@ -693,7 +693,6 @@ static struct uart_driver mpc52xx_uart_driver = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "mpc52xx_psc_uart",
.dev_name = "ttyPSC",
- .devfs_name = "ttyPSC",
.major = SERIAL_PSC_MAJOR,
.minor = SERIAL_PSC_MINOR,
.nr = MPC52xx_PSC_MAXNUM,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/mpsc.c b/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
index 94681922ea0a6a2e874bef249520ce541a035ee4..1cd102f84bfad80bd789016880ddb4a9f2d0c94d 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ struct mpsc_port_info *mpsc_device_remove(int index);
#define MPSC_MAJOR 204
#define MPSC_MINOR_START 44
#define MPSC_DRIVER_NAME "MPSC"
-#define MPSC_DEVFS_NAME "ttymm/"
#define MPSC_DEV_NAME "ttyMM"
#define MPSC_VERSION "1.00"
@@ -1863,7 +1862,6 @@ static struct platform_driver mpsc_shared_driver = {
static struct uart_driver mpsc_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = MPSC_DRIVER_NAME,
- .devfs_name = MPSC_DEVFS_NAME,
.dev_name = MPSC_DEV_NAME,
.major = MPSC_MAJOR,
.minor = MPSC_MINOR_START,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/pmac_zilog.c b/drivers/serial/pmac_zilog.c
index 513ff8597707bf5c642f0dd1d02aad97356fdf7f..e3ba7e17a240b8cc080c11aacc7979d49454403f 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/pmac_zilog.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/pmac_zilog.c
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(pmz_irq_mutex);
static struct uart_driver pmz_uart_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "ttyS",
- .devfs_name = "tts/",
.dev_name = "ttyS",
.major = TTY_MAJOR,
};
diff --git a/drivers/serial/pxa.c b/drivers/serial/pxa.c
index ae3649568541d091a24e121f391d061f514285fd..0fa0ccc9ed272b9c7dc8f9b4d71a64cc800969ed 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/pxa.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/pxa.c
@@ -780,7 +780,6 @@ static struct uart_pxa_port serial_pxa_ports[] = {
static struct uart_driver serial_pxa_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "PXA serial",
- .devfs_name = "tts/",
.dev_name = "ttyS",
.major = TTY_MAJOR,
.minor = 64,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c b/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
index 837b6da520b3aeb0f9bbd0897ead81f123233b55..4c62ab949ecc3e01aaf04da45ca23cb7d2443a21 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ s3c24xx_serial_dbg(const char *fmt, ...)
/* UART name and device definitions */
#define S3C24XX_SERIAL_NAME "ttySAC"
-#define S3C24XX_SERIAL_DEVFS "tts/"
#define S3C24XX_SERIAL_MAJOR 204
#define S3C24XX_SERIAL_MINOR 64
@@ -952,7 +951,6 @@ static struct uart_driver s3c24xx_uart_drv = {
.nr = 3,
.cons = S3C24XX_SERIAL_CONSOLE,
.driver_name = S3C24XX_SERIAL_NAME,
- .devfs_name = S3C24XX_SERIAL_DEVFS,
.major = S3C24XX_SERIAL_MAJOR,
.minor = S3C24XX_SERIAL_MINOR,
};
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sa1100.c b/drivers/serial/sa1100.c
index c2d9068b491d8c0dacb549b365196174ef0ec63f..8bbd8567669cdf955888cc0bccd4542a9470faab 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sa1100.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sa1100.c
@@ -816,7 +816,6 @@ static struct uart_driver sa1100_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "ttySA",
.dev_name = "ttySA",
- .devfs_name = "ttySA",
.major = SERIAL_SA1100_MAJOR,
.minor = MINOR_START,
.nr = NR_PORTS,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/serial/serial_core.c
index 17839e753e4cfb1fb550832d8613b0ec579c83ef..84d70d85559853e30e75c9b34a16466917f0d6cd 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -2153,7 +2153,6 @@ int uart_register_driver(struct uart_driver *drv)
normal->owner = drv->owner;
normal->driver_name = drv->driver_name;
- normal->devfs_name = drv->devfs_name;
normal->name = drv->dev_name;
normal->major = drv->major;
normal->minor_start = drv->minor;
@@ -2312,7 +2311,7 @@ int uart_remove_one_port(struct uart_driver *drv, struct uart_port *port)
mutex_unlock(&state->mutex);
/*
- * Remove the devices from devfs
+ * Remove the devices from the tty layer
*/
tty_unregister_device(drv->tty_driver, port->line);
diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial_txx9.c b/drivers/serial/serial_txx9.c
index 3bdee64d1a997101f12f49f9f7c509c25694cbd8..a901a7e446f3ca91c696989fd35426a5151401e2 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/serial_txx9.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/serial_txx9.c
@@ -69,12 +69,10 @@ static char *serial_name = "TX39/49 Serial driver";
#if !defined(CONFIG_SERIAL_TXX9_STDSERIAL)
/* "ttyS" is used for standard serial driver */
#define TXX9_TTY_NAME "ttyTX"
-#define TXX9_TTY_DEVFS_NAME "tttx/"
#define TXX9_TTY_MINOR_START (64 + 64) /* ttyTX0(128), ttyTX1(129) */
#else
/* acts like standard serial driver */
#define TXX9_TTY_NAME "ttyS"
-#define TXX9_TTY_DEVFS_NAME "tts/"
#define TXX9_TTY_MINOR_START 64
#endif
#define TXX9_TTY_MAJOR TTY_MAJOR
@@ -971,7 +969,6 @@ console_initcall(serial_txx9_console_init);
static struct uart_driver serial_txx9_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "serial_txx9",
- .devfs_name = TXX9_TTY_DEVFS_NAME,
.dev_name = TXX9_TTY_NAME,
.major = TXX9_TTY_MAJOR,
.minor = TXX9_TTY_MINOR_START,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
index 44f6bf79bbe12725fc0ba499501ba49625bcda60..d97f3ca6cc29996b6f4a5ed274a2b90f0af1f05c 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
@@ -1699,9 +1699,6 @@ static char banner[] __initdata =
static struct uart_driver sci_uart_driver = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "sci",
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEVFS_FS
- .devfs_name = "ttsc/",
-#endif
.dev_name = "ttySC",
.major = SCI_MAJOR,
.minor = SCI_MINOR_START,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sunhv.c b/drivers/serial/sunhv.c
index ba22e256c6f77267c8a95cb50b583ed349f994d6..d36bc4003399ed27021299a92585adbd1e062d66 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sunhv.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sunhv.c
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ static struct uart_ops sunhv_pops = {
static struct uart_driver sunhv_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "serial",
- .devfs_name = "tts/",
.dev_name = "ttyS",
.major = TTY_MAJOR,
};
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sunsab.c b/drivers/serial/sunsab.c
index e4c0fd2d6a9d54f1332d60304fd2c6dd23b42f0f..7da02d11c364d99506051608c27242c76435dbeb 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sunsab.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sunsab.c
@@ -851,7 +851,6 @@ static struct uart_ops sunsab_pops = {
static struct uart_driver sunsab_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "serial",
- .devfs_name = "tts/",
.dev_name = "ttyS",
.major = TTY_MAJOR,
};
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sunsu.c b/drivers/serial/sunsu.c
index 0268b307c01e439e96c248cd554bb6f73a4ba462..6e28c25138cf3cfb2a75de9b1372f4e8eb6dd2da 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sunsu.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sunsu.c
@@ -1265,7 +1265,6 @@ static void sunsu_autoconfig(struct uart_sunsu_port *up)
static struct uart_driver sunsu_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "serial",
- .devfs_name = "tts/",
.dev_name = "ttyS",
.major = TTY_MAJOR,
};
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sunzilog.c b/drivers/serial/sunzilog.c
index 76c9bac9271f9a9bc110157303ef589d8f66269f..9f42677287ad55836455b3820370a828471ff947 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sunzilog.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sunzilog.c
@@ -1017,7 +1017,6 @@ static int zilog_irq = -1;
static struct uart_driver sunzilog_reg = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "ttyS",
- .devfs_name = "tts/",
.dev_name = "ttyS",
.major = TTY_MAJOR,
};
diff --git a/drivers/serial/v850e_uart.c b/drivers/serial/v850e_uart.c
index df705fda42436f392308138a2634ddb4628998f6..a0da2aaf71c4436d60de6d7086b5b21b682527bd 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/v850e_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/v850e_uart.c
@@ -468,7 +468,6 @@ static struct uart_ops v850e_uart_ops = {
static struct uart_driver v850e_uart_driver = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "v850e_uart",
- .devfs_name = "tts/",
.dev_name = "ttyS",
.major = TTY_MAJOR,
.minor = V850E_UART_MINOR_BASE,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c b/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
index df5e8713fa312290efab20f4794d00d1391b258a..017571ffa19cec0bd744cea32743fd561a99c4c8 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
@@ -911,7 +911,6 @@ static struct uart_driver siu_uart_driver = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.driver_name = "SIU",
.dev_name = "ttyVR",
- .devfs_name = "ttvr/",
.major = SIU_MAJOR,
.minor = SIU_MINOR_BASE,
.cons = SERIAL_VR41XX_CONSOLE,
diff --git a/include/linux/serial_core.h b/include/linux/serial_core.h
index 951c4e858274618ba3295dbce522954088ea9379..fc1104a2cfa9c52841fe84ce7d3b68975df24c8b 100644
--- a/include/linux/serial_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/serial_core.h
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ struct uart_driver {
struct module *owner;
const char *driver_name;
const char *dev_name;
- const char *devfs_name;
int major;
int minor;
int nr;