Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250: Add hardware dependency to RT288X option

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On 03/07/2016 08:54 AM, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Mar 2016 16:39:19 +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>> Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx> writes:
>>> I know that's a small amount of code, and I love reducing the number of
>>> options in Kconfig, however I don't think it is fair to enlarge
>>> everyone's kernel for a few systems that can't stick to a standard.
>>> That must be the reason why the option was added in the first place and
>>> I am not questioning this decision. I hate dead code in my kernel even
>>> more than Kconfig clutter ;-)
>>
>> What about the other bits that are only there to support some obscure
>> 8250 variant?
> 
> Don't they already all have CONFIG_8250_* options to select them in or
> out?

No, that would be prohibitive; so many variants.
I have no objection to just dropping the ifdef from 8250_port.c

Regards,
Peter Hurley

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