linux-kernel - [PING][PATCH v3] serial: 8250: Report which option to enable for blacklisted PCI devices

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Date:   Wed, 13 Apr 2022 23:53:33 +0100 (BST)
From:   "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PING][PATCH v3] serial: 8250: Report which option to enable for
 blacklisted PCI devices

On Thu, 31 Mar 2022, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> Provide information in the kernel log as to what configuration option to 
> enable for PCI UART devices that have been blacklisted in the generic 
> PCI 8250 UART driver and which have a dedicated driver available to 
> handle that has been disabled.  The rationale is there is no easy way 
> for the user to map a specific PCI vendor:device pair to an individual 
> dedicated driver while the generic driver has this information readily 
> available and it will likely be confusing that the generic driver does 
> not register such a port.

 Ping for:
<https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/alpine.DEB.2.21.2203310054120.44113@angie.orcam.me.uk/>

  Maciej