Re: [PATCH] 8250_pci: Add IBM Saturn serial card

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Oct 13 2009 - 22:44:22 EST


On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:40:53 +1100 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The IBM Saturn serial card has only one port. Without that fixup,
> the kernel thinks it has two, which confuses userland setup and
> admin tools as well.
>

That sounds seriousish. I assume it's a long-standing problem, but we
only just noticed it?

I'll cc -stable because it's so simple ;)

>
> Andrew & Others on CC... not sure who takes care of patches to
> that driver nowadays. Should I send directly to Linus ?

I'll grab them if I see them, especially simple ones. Sometimes Alan
grabs them too.
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