linux-kernel - Re: serdev Kconfig in v4.11

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Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2017 13:34:42 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     robh@...nel.org, sre@...nel.org,
        kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: serdev Kconfig in v4.11

On Tue 2017-02-28 13:30:37, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 12:55:26PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > menuconfig SERIAL_DEV_BUS
> >         tristate "Serial device bus"
> > 	help
> > 	         Core support for devices connected via a         serial port.
> > 
> > This is pretty misleading, it would be nice to mention that this is
> > mostly for embedded devices, and perhaps mention "say N if you don't know".
> 
> It's not just for embedded devices, just wait, it will get used
> everywhere :)

Yeah, well. It is "support for automatically attaching devices
attached over serial port". You can support them just fine without
serdev, but you'll have to do irattach/hciattach/whatever attach
manually...

> > config SERIAL_DEV_CTRL_TTYPORT
> >         bool "Serial device TTY port controller"
> > 
> > I have no idea what this is, please provide some kind of help here.
> 
> Patches welcome :)
> 
> Seriously, just say N for now, you will be fine.  Rob, care to update
> the Kconfig help a bit?

Thanks,
									Pavel

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