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| author | Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> | 2013-03-19 11:34:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-03-25 16:26:23 -0700 |
| commit | 9326b047e4fd4a8da72e59d913214a1803e9709c (patch) | |
| tree | 8fedc6577e36bdce4f17f72df25a2fa90c86e7f1 /drivers | |
| parent | 9196d8acd7f91758872108958dfded7684628444 (diff) | |
| download | libata-dev-9326b047e4fd4a8da72e59d913214a1803e9709c.tar.gz | |
TTY: 8250, deprecated 8250_core.* options
They were introduced by mistake in 3.7. Let's deprecate them now. For
the reasons, see the text in Kconfig below.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Cc: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig | 17 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c index 2d563cb9057e5..35f9c96aada9c 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c @@ -3418,6 +3418,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(probe_rsa, "Probe I/O ports for RSA"); #endif MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(TTY_MAJOR); +#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_DEPRECATED_OPTIONS #ifndef MODULE /* This module was renamed to 8250_core in 3.7. Keep the old "8250" name * working as well for the module options so we don't break people. We @@ -3446,3 +3447,4 @@ static void __used s8250_options(void) #else MODULE_ALIAS("8250_core"); #endif +#endif diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig index 2ef9537bcb2cd..80fe91e64a527 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig @@ -33,6 +33,23 @@ config SERIAL_8250 Most people will say Y or M here, so that they can use serial mice, modems and similar devices connecting to the standard serial ports. +config SERIAL_8250_DEPRECATED_OPTIONS + bool "Support 8250_core.* kernel options (DEPRECATED)" + depends on SERIAL_8250 + default y + ---help--- + In 3.7 we renamed 8250 to 8250_core by mistake, so now we have to + accept kernel parameters in both forms like 8250_core.nr_uarts=4 and + 8250.nr_uarts=4. We now renamed the module back to 8250, but if + anybody noticed in 3.7 and changed their userspace we still have to + keep the 8350_core.* options around until they revert the changes + they already did. + + If 8250 is built as a module, this adds 8250_core alias instead. + + If you did not notice yet and/or you have userspace from pre-3.7, it + is safe (and recommended) to say N here. + config SERIAL_8250_PNP bool "8250/16550 PNP device support" if EXPERT depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP |