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Bug#864368: Expand kernel serial port configuration

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Control: reassign -1 src:linux 4.9.30-1
Control: severity -1 important

On Wed, 2017-06-07 at 09:38 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
[...]
> Please raise:
> 
> 	CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS
> 
> to something larger, perhaps 16 or 8, such as:
> 
> 	CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS=16

That seems reasonable.

> The second issue is that the "mid" serial driver is not configured in
> this package.  Please add the "8250_MID" driver by default and have it
> built in (as opposed to being as a module).  Some systems which have
> serial ports driven by this driver have *only* these ports.  They have
> no other output devices.  Having it built in is the only way to diagnose
> and fix boot issues that occur before modules start being loaded.
> 
> The necessary option is:
> 
> 	CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MID=y

Sorry, I disabled this one for 4.4 because that was then the default. 
It seems reasonable to enable it for x86 kernels if they will actually
run on the relevant SoCs.

> While the 4.9 kernel is the most important one to see these options
> changed, it would also be handy to have these options added for other
> packages.  Should I submit separate bugs from those?

No, I'm reassigning it to the source package instead and we can mark it
found in the relevant versions.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
If the facts do not conform to your theory, they must be disposed of.

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Bug#864368: Expand kernel serial port configuration Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> - 2017-06-07 18:50 +0200
  Bug#864368: Expand kernel serial port configuration Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-06-07 19:20 +0200
    Bug#864368: Expand kernel serial port configuration Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-06-07 22:20 +0200
      Bug#864368: Expand kernel serial port configuration Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> - 2017-06-07 22:40 +0200

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