Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jun 2004 01:14:10 -0700 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6] Altix serial driver |
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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.
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