On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:43:21 +0000 Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 09:38:41PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > Since the conversion to drivers/serial - so years. > > > > > > So everyone using serial console with 8250_PNP enabled gets a crash on > > > boot, and has done for years? Really? > > > > If their console port is PnP listed yes. > > So this patch breaks the case where a kernel with PNP support is booted > on a system without PNP-listed serial ports? Do we know the ratio of > machines fixed by this compared to the machines broken? Well the original patch came from Red Hat so perhaps they can provide data based on their userbase ? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
