Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264890AbUF1IOX (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 04:14:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264886AbUF1IOX (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 04:14:23 -0400 Received: from pimout3-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.102]:18156 "EHLO pimout3-ext.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264895AbUF1IOT (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 04:14:19 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 01:14:10 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Erik Jacobson , Christoph Hellwig , Jesse Barnes , Andrew Morton , Pat Gefre , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] Altix serial driver Message-ID: <20040628081410.GA5321@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <20040625083130.GA26557@infradead.org> <20040625124807.GA29937@infradead.org> <20040626235248.GC12761@taniwha.stupidest.org> <20040628003311.GA23017@taniwha.stupidest.org> <20040628021439.A17654@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20040628014443.GA24247@taniwha.stupidest.org> <20040628085429.C32206@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040628085429.C32206@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 730 Lines: 21 On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 08:54:30AM +0100, Russell King wrote: > If you're going to do that, why not just disable 8250 in the kernels > configuration? Generic ia64 kernels need to work on hardware with 8250-like UARTS. These kernel will also work and boot on SN2 which will never (heh) have this hardware so a run-time check is required. > It has exactly the same effect. With the change you propose, you > can't even use 8250 for PCMCIA serial cards. Altix has no PCMCIA. --cw - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/