linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250: SERIAL_8250_ASPEED_VUART should depend on ARCH

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Message-ID: <74b98265ff9638ad7a06a58ef0dea1758396744f.camel@ozlabs.org>
Date:   Mon, 11 Jul 2022 18:40:38 +0800
From:   Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250: SERIAL_8250_ASPEED_VUART should depend on
 ARCH_ASPEED

Hi Geert,

> The Aspeed Virtual UART is only present on Aspeed BMC platforms. 
> Hence add a dependency on ARCH_ASPEED, to prevent asking the user
> about this driver when configuring a kernel without Aspeed BMC
> support.

All fine by me. It'd be super weird if this hardware appeared on a
non-ASPEED platform.

Reviewed-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>

Cheers,


Jeremy