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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/2] serial: 8250: Report which option to enable for blacklisted PCI devices
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

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