TTY: 8250, deprecated 8250_core.* options

They were introduced by mistake in 3.7. Let's deprecate them now. For
the reasons, see the text in Kconfig below.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Cc: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Jiri Slaby 2013-03-19 11:34:57 +01:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 9196d8acd7
commit 9326b047e4
2 changed files with 19 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -3418,6 +3418,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(probe_rsa, "Probe I/O ports for RSA");
#endif
MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(TTY_MAJOR);
#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_DEPRECATED_OPTIONS
#ifndef MODULE
/* This module was renamed to 8250_core in 3.7. Keep the old "8250" name
* working as well for the module options so we don't break people. We
@ -3446,3 +3447,4 @@ static void __used s8250_options(void)
#else
MODULE_ALIAS("8250_core");
#endif
#endif

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@ -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