Andrew Morton 57d4810ea0 revert "x86, serial: convert legacy COM ports to platform devices" ... Revert 7e92b4fc34. It broke Sébastien Dugué's machine and Jeff said (persuasively) This seems like it will break decades-long-working stuff, in favor of breaking new ground in our favorite area, "trusting the BIOS." It's just not worth it for serial ports, IMO. Serial ports are something that just shouldn't break at this late stage in the game. My new Intel platform boxes don't even have serial ports, so I question the value of messing with serial port probing even more... because... just wait a year, and your box won't have a serial port either! :) I certainly don't object to the use of platform devices (or isa_driver), but the probe change seems questionable. That's sorta analagous to rewriting the floppy driver probe routine. Sure you could do it... but why risk all that damage and go through debugging all over again? It seems clear from this report that we cannot, should not, trust BIOS for something (a) so simple and (b) that has been working for over a decade. Much discussion ensued and we've decided to have another go at all of this. Cc: Sébastien Dugué <sebastien.dugue@bull.net> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com> Cc: Sascha Sommer <saschasommer@freenet.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>		2007-07-31 15:39:38 -07:00
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8253pit.h	…
Kbuild	consolidate asm/const.h to linux/const.h	2007-05-08 11:15:13 -07:00
a.out.h	arch: personality independent stack top	2007-07-19 10:04:45 -07:00
acpi.h	ACPI: Kconfig: remove CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP from source	2007-07-25 01:29:39 -04:00
agp.h	[AGPGART] Move [un]map_page_into_agp into asm/agp.h	2007-04-26 14:22:50 -04:00
alternative-asm.i	…
alternative.h	x86: Fix alternatives and kprobes to remap write-protected kernel text	2007-07-22 11:03:37 -07:00
apic.h	x86_64: Fix APIC typo	2007-07-21 18:37:09 -07:00
apicdef.h	…
atomic.h	x86: create asm/cmpxchg.h	2007-05-08 11:15:20 -07:00
auxvec.h	x86_64: Add vDSO for x86-64 with gettimeofday/clock_gettime/getcpu	2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
bitops.h	[PATCH] x86-64: Fix wrong gcc check in bitops.h	2007-02-13 13:26:25 +01:00
boot.h	Make struct boot_params a real structure, and remove obsolete fields	2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
bootparam.h	Make struct boot_params a real structure, and remove obsolete fields	2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
bootsetup.h	[PATCH] Dynamic kernel command-line: x86_64	2007-02-12 09:48:39 -08:00
bug.h	…
bugs.h	[PATCH] x86-64: Clean up asm-x86_64/bugs.h	2007-05-02 19:27:12 +02:00
byteorder.h	…
cache.h	…
cacheflush.h	…
calgary.h	x86_64: make dump_error_regs a chip op	2007-07-21 18:37:11 -07:00
calling.h	…
checksum.h	…
cmpxchg.h	x86_64: x86_64 - Use non locked version for local_cmpxchg()	2007-07-22 11:03:38 -07:00
compat.h	Introduce compat_u64 and compat_s64 types	2007-07-16 09:05:48 -07:00
cpu.h	…
cpufeature.h	Unify the CPU features vectors between i386 and x86-64	2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
cputime.h	…
current.h	…
debugreg.h	…
delay.h	…
desc.h	[PATCH] x86-64: Introduce load_TLS to the "for" loop.	2007-05-02 19:27:09 +02:00
desc_defs.h	…
device.h	…
div64.h	…
dma-mapping.h	[PATCH] x86-64: dma_ops as const	2007-05-02 19:27:06 +02:00
dma.h	…
dmi.h	x86_64: remove extra extern declaring about dmi_ioremap	2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
dwarf2.h	…
e820.h	Make definitions for struct e820entry and struct e820map consistent	2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
edac.h	…
elf.h	x86_64: Add vDSO for x86-64 with gettimeofday/clock_gettime/getcpu	2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
emergency-restart.h	…
errno.h	…
fb.h	fbdev: detect primary display device	2007-07-17 10:23:11 -07:00
fcntl.h	…
fixmap.h	x86_64: fix wrong comment regarding set_fixmap()	2007-07-21 18:37:12 -07:00
floppy.h	…
fpu32.h	…
futex.h	…
genapic.h	[PATCH] x86-64: always use physical delivery mode on > 8 CPUs	2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
hardirq.h	…
hpet.h	x86: share hpet.h with i386	2007-07-21 18:37:09 -07:00
hw_irq.h	x86_64: Move functions declarations to header file	2007-07-21 18:37:12 -07:00
hypertransport.h	x86_64: Share msidef.h and hypertransport.h includes with i386	2007-07-22 11:03:38 -07:00
i387.h	…
i8253.h	x86_64: use the global PIT lock	2007-07-21 18:37:12 -07:00
ia32.h	…
ia32_unistd.h	…
ide.h	…
idle.h	…
intel_arch_perfmon.h	…
io.h	serial: convert early_uart to earlycon for 8250	2007-07-16 09:05:35 -07:00
io_apic.h	[PATCH] io_apic.h needs apicdef.h	2007-03-05 07:57:50 -08:00
ioctl.h	…
ioctls.h	…
iommu.h	x86_64: move iommu declaration from proto to iommu.h	2007-07-21 18:37:14 -07:00
ipcbuf.h	…
ipi.h	[PATCH] x86-64: Use safe_apic_wait_icr_idle in __send_IPI_dest_field - x86_64	2007-05-02 19:27:18 +02:00
irq.h	…
irq_regs.h	…
irqflags.h	[PATCH] x86-64: Use X86_EFLAGS_IF in x86-64/irqflags.h.	2007-05-02 19:27:11 +02:00
ist.h	[x86 setup] Make struct ist_info cross-architecture, and use in setup code	2007-07-25 12:02:21 -07:00
k8.h	…
kdebug.h	Revert "ipmi: add new IPMI nmi watchdog handling"	2007-05-14 15:24:24 -07:00
kexec.h	kdump/kexec: calculate note size at compile time	2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
kmap_types.h	…
kprobes.h	jprobes: remove JPROBE_ENTRY()	2007-07-19 10:04:44 -07:00
ldt.h	…
linkage.h	…
local.h	local_t: x86_64 extension	2007-05-08 11:15:20 -07:00
mach_apic.h	…
mc146818rtc.h	…
mce.h	x86: Stop MCEs and NMIs during code patching	2007-07-22 11:03:37 -07:00
mman.h	…
mmsegment.h	…
mmu.h	x86_64: Add vDSO for x86-64 with gettimeofday/clock_gettime/getcpu	2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
mmu_context.h	[PATCH] x86: PARAVIRT: add hooks to intercept mm creation and destruction	2007-05-02 19:27:14 +02:00
mmzone.h	[PATCH] x86-64: configurable fake numa node sizes	2007-05-02 19:27:09 +02:00
module.h	…
mpspec.h	…
msgbuf.h	…
msidef.h	x86_64: Share msidef.h and hypertransport.h includes with i386	2007-07-22 11:03:38 -07:00
msr-index.h	[PATCH] x86: Clean up x86 control register and MSR macros (corrected)	2007-05-02 19:27:12 +02:00
msr.h	i386: Add safe variants of rdmsr_on_cpu and wrmsr_on_cpu	2007-05-08 17:22:01 +02:00
mtrr.h	[PATCH] x86: Save the MTRRs of the BSP before booting an AP	2007-05-02 19:27:17 +02:00
mutex.h	[PATCH] x86-64: Remove fastcall references in x86_64 code	2007-02-13 13:26:22 +01:00
namei.h	…
nmi.h	x86: Stop MCEs and NMIs during code patching	2007-07-22 11:03:37 -07:00
node.h	…
numa.h	…
page.h	Add __GFP_MOVABLE for callers to flag allocations from high memory that may be migrated	2007-07-17 10:22:59 -07:00
param.h	…
parport.h	…
pci-direct.h	…
pci.h	x86-64: introduce struct pci_sysdata to facilitate sharing of ->sysdata	2007-07-21 18:37:14 -07:00
pda.h	…
percpu.h	define new percpu interface for shared data	2007-07-19 10:04:44 -07:00
pgalloc.h	x86_64: Quicklist support for x86_64	2007-07-21 18:37:09 -07:00
pgtable.h	x86: Fix alternatives and kprobes to remap write-protected kernel text	2007-07-22 11:03:37 -07:00
poll.h	Consolidate asm/poll.h	2007-05-11 08:29:34 -07:00
posix_types.h	…
prctl.h	…
processor-flags.h	[PATCH] x86: Clean up x86 control register and MSR macros (corrected)	2007-05-02 19:27:12 +02:00
processor.h	x86: Replace NSC/Cyrix specific chipset access macros by inlined functions.	2007-07-22 11:03:38 -07:00
proto.h	x86: i386-show-unhandled-signals-v3	2007-07-22 11:03:37 -07:00
ptrace-abi.h	…
ptrace.h	x86_64: asm/ptrace.h needs linux/compiler.h	2007-07-21 18:37:07 -07:00
required-features.h	Use a new CPU feature word to cover features that are spread around	2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
resource.h	…
resume-trace.h	x86: PM_TRACE support	2007-07-21 18:37:10 -07:00
rio.h	…
rtc.h	…
rwlock.h	…
scatterlist.h	PCI: scatterlist.h needs types.h	2007-05-02 19:02:34 -07:00
seccomp.h	…
sections.h	…
segment.h	x86-64: add symbolic constants for the boot segment selectors	2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
semaphore.h	…
sembuf.h	…
serial.h	revert "x86, serial: convert legacy COM ports to platform devices"	2007-07-31 15:39:38 -07:00
setup.h	[PATCH] x86_64: 2048-byte command line	2007-02-12 09:48:39 -08:00
shmbuf.h	…
shmparam.h	…
sigcontext.h	…
sigcontext32.h	…
siginfo.h	…
signal.h	…
smp.h	Use the APIC to determine the hardware processor id - x86_64	2007-05-09 12:30:48 -07:00
socket.h	[NET]: Adding SO_TIMESTAMPNS / SCM_TIMESTAMPNS support	2007-04-25 22:24:21 -07:00
sockios.h	[NET]: Introduce SIOCGSTAMPNS ioctl to get timestamps with nanosec resolution	2007-04-25 22:24:04 -07:00
sparsemem.h	…
spinlock.h	…
spinlock_types.h	…
stacktrace.h	…
stat.h	…
statfs.h	…
string.h	x86_64: Always use builtin memcpy on gcc 4.3	2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
suspend.h	ACPI: Kconfig: remove CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP from source	2007-07-25 01:29:39 -04:00
swiotlb.h	Revert "[IA64] swiotlb abstraction (e.g. for Xen)"	2007-03-06 13:31:45 -08:00
system.h	x86_64: Use read and write crX in .c files	2007-07-22 11:03:37 -07:00
tce.h	x86-64: Calgary: fix section mismatch warnings in tce	2007-07-31 15:39:37 -07:00
termbits.h	tty: i386/x86_64 arbitary speed support	2007-05-08 11:15:03 -07:00
termios.h	[PATCH] consolidate line discipline number definitions	2007-02-11 10:51:26 -08:00
therm_throt.h	…
thread_info.h	remove unused TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME flag	2007-07-31 15:39:38 -07:00
timex.h	x86_64: Untangle asm/hpet.h from asm/timex.h	2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
tlb.h	…
tlbflush.h	x86_64: flush_tlb_kernel_range() warning fix	2007-07-21 18:37:13 -07:00
topology.h	x86-64: introduce struct pci_sysdata to facilitate sharing of ->sysdata	2007-07-21 18:37:14 -07:00
tsc.h	[PATCH] i386: make x86_64 tsc header require i386 rather than vice-versa	2007-03-06 09:30:24 -08:00
types.h	…
uaccess.h	amd64: fix get_user() on bitwise	2007-07-26 11:11:57 -07:00
ucontext.h	…
unaligned.h	…
unistd.h	sys_fallocate() implementation on i386, x86_64 and powerpc	2007-07-17 21:42:44 -04:00
unwind.h	…
user.h	…
user32.h	…
vga.h	…
vgtod.h	x86_64: Add vDSO for x86-64 with gettimeofday/clock_gettime/getcpu	2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
vsyscall.h	x86_64: Add vDSO for x86-64 with gettimeofday/clock_gettime/getcpu	2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
vsyscall32.h	…
xor.h	…