Some embedded devices still use these serial ports; make sure they're
still enabled by default on architectures more likely to have them, to
avoid rendering someone's console unavailable.
Fixes: dc56ecb81a0a ("serial: 8250: Support disabling mdelay-filled probes of 16550A variants")
Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <[email protected]>
---
Based on user reports from embedded devices that need these variants.
drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
index af0688156dd0..8195a31519ea 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250_PNP
config SERIAL_8250_16550A_VARIANTS
bool "Support for variants of the 16550A serial port"
depends on SERIAL_8250
+ default !X86
help
The 8250 driver can probe for many variants of the venerable 16550A
serial port. Doing so takes additional time at boot.
--
2.27.0.rc0
On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 01:40:06AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Some embedded devices still use these serial ports; make sure they're
> still enabled by default on architectures more likely to have them, to
> avoid rendering someone's console unavailable.
>
> Fixes: dc56ecb81a0a ("serial: 8250: Support disabling mdelay-filled probes of 16550A variants")
> Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <[email protected]>
> ---
>
> Based on user reports from embedded devices that need these variants.
No "reported-by:" lines for these people? Not even the author of the
other competing patch for this issue?
Please fix up and resend.
thanks,
greg k-h
On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 11:47:44AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 01:40:06AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > Some embedded devices still use these serial ports; make sure they're
> > still enabled by default on architectures more likely to have them, to
> > avoid rendering someone's console unavailable.
> >
> > Fixes: dc56ecb81a0a ("serial: 8250: Support disabling mdelay-filled probes of 16550A variants")
> > Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >
> > Based on user reports from embedded devices that need these variants.
>
> No "reported-by:" lines for these people? Not even the author of the
> other competing patch for this issue?
Genuinely forgot that the "Reported-by" tag existed; thank you for the
reminder. Will fix.
- Josh Triplett