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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig index 2ef9537bcb2c..80fe91e64a52 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig @@ -33,6 +33,23 @@ config SERIAL_8250 Most people will say Y or M here, so that they can use serial mice, modems and similar devices connecting to the standard serial ports. +config SERIAL_8250_DEPRECATED_OPTIONS + bool "Support 8250_core.* kernel options (DEPRECATED)" + depends on SERIAL_8250 + default y + ---help--- + In 3.7 we renamed 8250 to 8250_core by mistake, so now we have to + accept kernel parameters in both forms like 8250_core.nr_uarts=4 and + 8250.nr_uarts=4. We now renamed the module back to 8250, but if + anybody noticed in 3.7 and changed their userspace we still have to + keep the 8350_core.* options around until they revert the changes + they already did. + + If 8250 is built as a module, this adds 8250_core alias instead. + + If you did not notice yet and/or you have userspace from pre-3.7, it + is safe (and recommended) to say N here. + config SERIAL_8250_PNP bool "8250/16550 PNP device support" if EXPERT depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP |
