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Date:   Sun, 27 Feb 2022 23:06:58 +0000 (GMT)
From:   "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] serial: 8250: Report which option to enable for
 blacklisted PCI devices
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On Sat, 26 Feb 2022, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Feb 2022, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 
> > We don't do this for any other driver subsystem, so why is it really
> > needed?  What is so special about this driver that distros can't
> > just enable all of the drivers and all is good?  What is keeping those
> > drivers fromb eing enabled?
> 
>  My justification is we have a supposedly generic PCI 8250 UART driver, 
> except it explicitly and silently refuses to handle a handful of devices 
> chosen by their PCI IDs based on that they may have extra features, even 
> though they are otherwise fully compatible with a generic 8250.

 Actually as it happens we do have a precedent too, as here's what I have 
just spotted on my laptop by chance when hibernating:

psmouse serio1: synaptics: The touchpad can support a better bus than the too old PS/2 protocol. Make sure MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS_SMBUS and RMI4_SMB are enabled to get a better touchpad experience.

(with a distribution kernel, so clearly whoever packaged that has not 
enabled what might be needed).  Someone else wanted to be helpful too as 
it seems.

  Maciej