Re: [PATCH] 8250_pci: Prevent Exar/RTD Boards from binding.

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On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 11:46:29 -0400, Rob Groner said:
> Serial boards made by RTD using the Exar XR17V358 chip
> rely on the extra capabilities of the Exar-provided driver
> to allow configuration of the board.  When support for
> the Exar chip was added to the kernel 8250_pci driver, this
> then prevented easy use of the board by customers for anything
> other than standard serial usage in RS232 mode.

Was it your intent to also prevent the use of this board in standard serial
usage in RS232 mode (which I'd expect is the most common use case)?

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