Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:30:58 -0800 | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] TTY/Serial driver updates for 6.3-rc1 |
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On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 1:24 PM Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > default SERIAL_8250
Hmm. Looking around, it seems to be a pattern. I'm not convinced any of them are really valid, except probably the ones that aren't about specific drivers, but about base support (like the "SERIAL_8250_DMA" one).
I also do get the feeling that the base "SERIAL_8250" feature might be better off as a _selected_ option, rather than a "ask if you want it". I think we've ended up with that SERIAL_8250 being a base option mainly for historical reasons (ie it was part of the original PC/AT base specs, and then later it has become a "base driver for a lot of random cards".
It's probably most legacy by now - it's a long time since I saw a serial port being used outside of management ports, and even those are often ethernet these days.
Maybe nobody cares.
Linus
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