linux-kernel - Re: PNPACPI probes serial twice, messes up serial console

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Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:08:45 -0600
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
To:	Keith Owens <kaos@....com.au>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, len.brown@...el.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: PNPACPI probes serial twice, messes up serial console

On Wednesday 21 March 2007 22:23, Keith Owens wrote:
> The aim of the patch looks sensible, but it will not compile for
> 2.6.21-rc4.  8250_x86.c tests pnp_platform_devices, which does not
> exist.  Also the combination of CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_X86=y and
> CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_PNP=m would result in 8250_x86.o being built into
> vmlinux but referring to serial8250_nopnp in module 8250_pnp.o, kernel
> to module references are tricky.

OK, I'll rework it and update it.  It will probably take me
a couple weeks though.
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