On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 06:44:11PM +0200, Manuel Lauss wrote:
> In commit 7d172bfe ("Alchemy: Add UART PM methods") I introduced
> platform PM methods which call a function of the 8250 driver;
> this patch works around link failures when the kernel is built
> without 8250 support.
>
> Signed-off-by: Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> V2: added commit name to patch description as per Sergei's suggestion.
Applied, thanks.
Though anything like a CONFIG_SERIAL_8250 in board code always strikes me
as wrong. What if the driver is built as a module? What if the kernel is
built without the driver, then later on the module is built separately and
then inserted?
Ralf
