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

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Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:59:47 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Andrey Panin <pazke@...pac.ru>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/30] disallow SERIAL_8250_PNP with SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 03:22:03PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > This patch looks very controversial from my POV. Now distro people must decide
> > what to enable SERIAL_8250_PNP or SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE. And no matter what you 
> 
> They do already, otherwise your machine crashes at boot.

We don't. The effect of this patch would be to silently disable 8250_PNP 
(since we don't build with CONFIG_EMBEDDED) and cause a surprising 
reduction in hardware support. How long has this been broken for?

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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