linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 tty-next] serial: 8250_pci1xxxx: Disable SERIAL_8250

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Date:   Fri, 3 Mar 2023 19:45:33 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Kumaravel Thiagarajan <kumaravel.thiagarajan@...rochip.com>
Cc:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jirislaby@...nel.org,
        andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, deller@....de,
        geert+renesas@...der.be, matthew.gerlach@...ux.intel.com,
        phil.edworthy@...esas.com, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 tty-next] serial: 8250_pci1xxxx: Disable
 SERIAL_8250_PCI1XXXX config by default

On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 7:29 PM Kumaravel Thiagarajan
<kumaravel.thiagarajan@...rochip.com> wrote:
> Commit 32bb477fa7bf ("serial: 8250_pci1xxxx: Add driver for quad-uart
> support") made the SERIAL_8250_PCI1XXXX driver enabled when SERIAL_8250
> is enabled, disable it as this driver need not be enabled by default

does not need to be enabled

>
> Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=whhFCeeuo6vTEmNSx6S-KKkugxgzN_W5Z6v-9yH9gc3Zw@mail.gmail.com/
> Fixes: 32bb477fa7bf ("serial: 8250_pci1xxxx: Add driver for quad-uart support")
>
> Signed-off-by: Kumaravel Thiagarajan <kumaravel.thiagarajan@...rochip.com>
> ---
> v0 -> v1:
> - Add proper commit description

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds