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

From: Josh Triplett
Date: Tue May 26 2020 - 12:05:39 EST


On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 11:47:44AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 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?

Genuinely forgot that the "Reported-by" tag existed; thank you for the
reminder. Will fix.

- Josh Triplett