linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/30] disallow SERIAL_8250_PNP with SERIAL_8250

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Message-ID: <20090324140145.12735.29459.stgit@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:01:52 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH 01/30] disallow SERIAL_8250_PNP with SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE

From: Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>

There are known (but hard to fix issues) with using SERIAL_8250_PNP with
SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE. This patch just sidesteps that by not allowing PNP
when CONSOLE is selected.

Signed-off-by: Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <number6@...-village.bc.nu>
---

 drivers/serial/Kconfig |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)


diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
index 7d7f576..451b64f 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250_PCI
 
 config SERIAL_8250_PNP
 	tristate "8250/16550 PNP device support" if EMBEDDED
-	depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP
+	depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP && ! SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
 	default SERIAL_8250
 	help
 	  This builds standard PNP serial support. You may be able to

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