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authorThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>2020-06-16 14:31:47 +0300
committerThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>2020-06-16 14:31:47 +0300
commit4b3c1f1b15f576445c221cbc77a88540433a2ba7 (patch)
treeb88ac114c16fa1747205c9060bf00498bcb5df97 /drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
parent11425c4519e2c974a100fc984867046d905b9380 (diff)
parentb3a9e3b9622ae10064826dccb4f7a52bd88c7407 (diff)
downloadlinux-4b3c1f1b15f576445c221cbc77a88540433a2ba7.tar.xz
Merge v5.8-rc1 into drm-misc-fixes
Beginning a new release cycles for what will become v5.8. Updating drm-misc-fixes accordingly. Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig13
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
index af0688156dd0..d2ae033aea40 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250
depends on !S390
select SERIAL_CORE
select SERIAL_MCTRL_GPIO if GPIOLIB
- ---help---
+ help
This selects whether you want to include the driver for the standard
serial ports. The standard answer is Y. People who might say N
here are those that are setting up dedicated Ethernet WWW/FTP
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250_DEPRECATED_OPTIONS
bool "Support 8250_core.* kernel options (DEPRECATED)"
depends on SERIAL_8250
default y
- ---help---
+ 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
@@ -56,13 +56,14 @@ config SERIAL_8250_PNP
bool "8250/16550 PNP device support" if EXPERT
depends on SERIAL_8250 && PNP
default y
- ---help---
+ help
This builds standard PNP serial support. You may be able to
disable this feature if you only need legacy serial support.
config SERIAL_8250_16550A_VARIANTS
bool "Support for variants of the 16550A serial port"
depends on SERIAL_8250
+ default !X86
help
The 8250 driver can probe for many variants of the venerable 16550A
serial port. Doing so takes additional time at boot.
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250_16550A_VARIANTS
config SERIAL_8250_FINTEK
bool "Support for Fintek F81216A LPC to 4 UART RS485 API"
depends on SERIAL_8250
- ---help---
+ help
Selecting this option will add support for the RS485 capabilities
of the Fintek F81216A LPC to 4 UART.
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
depends on SERIAL_8250=y
select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
select SERIAL_EARLYCON
- ---help---
+ help
If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a serial port as the
system console (the system console is the device which receives all
kernel messages and warnings and which allows logins in single user
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250_HP300
config SERIAL_8250_CS
tristate "8250/16550 PCMCIA device support"
depends on PCMCIA && SERIAL_8250
- ---help---
+ help
Say Y here to enable support for 16-bit PCMCIA serial devices,
including serial port cards, modems, and the modem functions of
multi-function Ethernet/modem cards. (PCMCIA- or PC-cards are