Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:18:16 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/30] disallow SERIAL_8250_PNP with SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE |
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On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:43:21 +0000 Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 09:38:41PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > Since the conversion to drivers/serial - so years. > > > > > > So everyone using serial console with 8250_PNP enabled gets a crash on > > > boot, and has done for years? Really? > > > > If their console port is PnP listed yes. > > So this patch breaks the case where a kernel with PNP support is booted > on a system without PNP-listed serial ports? Do we know the ratio of > machines fixed by this compared to the machines broken?
Well the original patch came from Red Hat so perhaps they can provide data based on their userbase ?
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