--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c	2007-03-05 14:43:20.000000000 +0100
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c	2007-03-05 15:18:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -99,9 +99,12 @@
 			continue;
 
 		*minor = i;
+		j = 0;
 		dbg("%s - minor base = %d", __FUNCTION__, *minor);
-		for (i = *minor; (i < (*minor + num_ports)) && (i < SERIAL_TTY_MINORS); ++i)
+		for (i = *minor; (i < (*minor + num_ports)) && (i < SERIAL_TTY_MINORS); ++i) {
 			serial_table[i] = serial;
+			serial->port[j++]->number = i;
+		}
 		spin_unlock(&table_lock);
 		return serial;
 	}
@@ -848,7 +851,6 @@
 		port = kzalloc(sizeof(struct usb_serial_port), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!port)
 			goto probe_error;
-		port->number = i + serial->minor;
 		port->serial = serial;
 		spin_lock_init(&port->lock);
 		mutex_init(&port->mutex);
@@ -1035,9 +1037,6 @@
 		kfree(port->interrupt_out_buffer);
 	}
 
-	/* return the minor range that this device had */
-	return_serial (serial);
-
 	/* free up any memory that we allocated */
 	for (i = 0; i < serial->num_port_pointers; ++i)
 		kfree(serial->port[i]);

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--- linux-2.6.21-rc1/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c.alt	2007-02-21 05:32:30.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.21-rc1/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c	2007-02-26 15:32:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -826,7 +826,6 @@
 			num_ports = type->num_ports;
 	}
 
-	serial->minor = minor;
 	serial->num_ports = num_ports;
 	serial->num_bulk_in = num_bulk_in;
 	serial->num_bulk_out = num_bulk_out;
@@ -980,6 +979,7 @@
 		dev_err(&interface->dev, "No more free serial devices\n");
 		goto probe_error;
 	}
+	serial->minor = minor;
 
 	/* register all of the individual ports with the driver core */
 	for (i = 0; i < num_ports; ++i) {

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