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

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Message-ID: <20090324222934.GA30503@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:29:34 +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 10:18:16PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:43:21 +0000
> Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
> > So this patch breaks the case where a kernel with PNP support is booted 
> > on a system without PNP-listed serial ports? Do we know the ratio of 
> > machines fixed by this compared to the machines broken?
> 
> Well the original patch came from Red Hat so perhaps they can provide
> data based on their userbase ?

I'd prefer not to go with this approach unless we've got a convincing 
number of bugs filed. It's guaranteed to reduce hardware support in 
favour of fixing an unknown number of machines.

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