Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:29:13 +0100 (MET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: 2.3.x Vrc-5074 UART support |
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 15:22:51 +0100 (MET) > From: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com> > > This patch adds support for the UART in the NEC Vrc-5074 host bridge > for VR5000 based systems. > > Since the Vrc-5074 is mainly used as a motherboard device (it can be > used in a multi-controller setup or in a plug-in card, though), I > decided to compile it in conditionally. > > Thanks for sending it in. I don't see any point making it a conditional > compilation, since it doesn't take that much extra memory to have an > extra entry in the pci table, and it just complicates the the > already-too-complicated kernel config.
Complication in the kernel config is not an issue here since CONFIG_DDB5074 is needed for Linux/MIPS anyway.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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