Re: [PATCH 5/5] drivers/tty: make serial 8250_lpc18xx.c Kconfig a tristate

From: Joachim Eastwood
Date: Thu Aug 20 2015 - 02:58:42 EST


On 19 August 2015 at 23:48, Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
> 8250/Kconfig:config SERIAL_8250_LPC18XX
> 8250/Kconfig: bool "NXP LPC18xx/43xx serial port support"
>
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
>
> When targetting orphaned modular code in non-modular drivers, this
> came up. Joachim indicated that the driver was actually meant to
> be tristate but ended up bool by accident. So here we make it
> tristate instead of removing the modular code that was essentially
> orphaned.
>
> Suggested-by: Joachim Eastwood <manabian@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Joachim Eastwood <manabian@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-serial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Joachim Eastwood <manabian@xxxxxxxxx>

Build tested as a module on lpc18xx.

Thanks for fixing it Paul.


regards,
Joachim Eastwood
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