If CONFIG_SERIAL_ACPI=y, but CONFIG_SERIAL=m, the kernel (2.4.18-pre9) doesn't
link because early_serial_setup() is not found.
I think the correct fix is to not allow CONFIG_SERIAL_ACPI, unless
CONFIG_SERIAL=y.
--- linux-tux-2.4.18-pre9/drivers/char/Config.in.orig Fri Feb 8 09:38:36 2002
+++ linux-tux-2.4.18-pre9/drivers/char/Config.in Fri Feb 8 13:23:25 2002
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
tristate ' Atomwide serial port support' CONFIG_ATOMWIDE_SERIAL
tristate ' Dual serial port support' CONFIG_DUALSP_SERIAL
fi
-fi
-if [ "$CONFIG_ACPI" = "y" ]; then
- bool ' Support for serial ports defined by ACPI tables' CONFIG_SERIAL_ACPI
+ if [ "$CONFIG_ACPI" = "y" ]; then
+ bool ' Support for serial ports defined by ACPI tables' CONFIG_SERIAL_ACPI
+ fi
fi
dep_mbool 'Extended dumb serial driver options' CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED $CONFIG_SERIAL
if [ "$CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED" = "y" ]; then
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.orgIn personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds
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