Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250: Enable 16550A variants by default on non-x86

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue May 26 2020 - 05:47:49 EST


On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 01:40:06AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Some embedded devices still use these serial ports; make sure they're
> still enabled by default on architectures more likely to have them, to
> avoid rendering someone's console unavailable.
>
> Fixes: dc56ecb81a0a ("serial: 8250: Support disabling mdelay-filled probes of 16550A variants")
> Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Based on user reports from embedded devices that need these variants.

No "reported-by:" lines for these people? Not even the author of the
other competing patch for this issue?

Please fix up and resend.

thanks,

greg k-h