Skip registration of the platform device used for built-in ports, if no such ports are configured/created. Signed-off-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Change since v1: * call serial8250_pnp_init() also when nr_uarts is zero drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c index ba48431ec6e2..f4a08fb74c31 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c @@ -1186,6 +1186,14 @@ static int __init serial8250_init(void) if (ret) goto unreg_uart_drv; + if (nr_uarts == 0) { + ret = platform_driver_register(&serial8250_isa_driver); + if (ret) + goto unreg_pnp; + + goto out; + } + serial8250_isa_devs = platform_device_alloc("serial8250", PLAT8250_DEV_LEGACY); if (!serial8250_isa_devs) { @@ -1230,7 +1238,9 @@ static void __exit serial8250_exit(void) serial8250_isa_devs = NULL; platform_driver_unregister(&serial8250_isa_driver); - platform_device_unregister(isa_dev); + + if (nr_uarts) + platform_device_unregister(isa_dev); serial8250_pnp_exit(); -- 2.38.0