On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 09:08:35AM +0100, Christian Borntraeger wrote: > Using "make kvmconfig" results in a potentially unusable linux image > on s390. The reason is that both the (default on s390) sclp consoles > as well as the 8250 console register a ttyS<x> as console. Since there > will be no 8250 on s390 let's fence 8250. This will ensure that there > is always a working sclp console. > > Reported-by: Alice Frosi <al...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntrae...@de.ibm.com> > Reviewed-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueck...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > --- > drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
Does this need to be backported to any stable kernels? Or does anyone who runs them on s390 already have this config option disabled? thanks, greg k-h
