> At the user level, there is no difference between a sun zilog serial port, 
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> an 8250 serial port or a USB serial port so these should be allocated 
> using the same allocation system.

That isn't strictly true.

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> For me, it would also simplify the issue of trying to work what devive to 
> look for when I plug in a new USB serial port device. It would be the new 
> /dev/ttyS<x> to appear in /dev.

Naming is a private matter for udev anyway, independant of numbering for
major/minor
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