On 7/9/07, Bjorn Helgaas [off-list ref] wrote:

On Monday 09 July 2007 11:30:59 am Luca wrote:

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On 7/9/07, Bjorn Helgaas [off-list ref] wrote:

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If you turn off
PNP completely, you will have "pnp_platform_devices == 0", and the
existing code will do what you need.

Well for me it's a non-issue, I'm able to "work-around" it in many
ways. My point is that a configuration that used to work and is still
valid suddenly doesn't work anymore.

You're right about that, and it is a legitimate issue.  But given the
fact that (PNP && !SERIAL_8250_PNP) should be relatively unusual, my
opinion is that it's not worth extra ifdefs in legacy_serial.c.

If you have to use any workarounds like "legacy_serial.force", I think
that's a bug, and I'll fix it.

Ok, I double-checked: the serial port is usable during boot with PNP
enabled, so no problem with dropping my patch.

Luca