Commit ac0151e3 authored by Andrew Morton's avatar Andrew Morton Committed by Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] serial drivers are not experimental

From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl

A few days ago I needed a serial line and couldnt find the option in
menuconfig.  Turned out that SERIAL_8250 depends on EXPERIMENTAL.  I
suppose that dependence should be removed.
parent e2ce67e9
......@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ menu "Serial drivers"
#
# The new 8250/16550 serial drivers
config SERIAL_8250
tristate "8250/16550 and compatible serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
tristate "8250/16550 and compatible serial support"
---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
......@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250
modems and similar devices connecting to the standard serial ports.
config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
bool "Console on 8250/16550 and compatible serial port (EXPERIMENTAL)"
bool "Console on 8250/16550 and compatible serial port"
depends on SERIAL_8250=y
---help---
If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a serial port as the
......@@ -53,8 +52,8 @@ config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
(/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but
you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as
"console=ttyS1". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
kernel at boot time.)
your boot loader (grub or lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options
to the kernel at boot time.)
If you don't have a VGA card installed and you say Y here, the
kernel will automatically use the first serial line, /dev/ttyS0, as
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