[Hardy] SRU: enable USB serial support on sparc

[Stefan Bader]

Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 06:03:40PM +0100, Stefan Bader wrote:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/305188
>>
>> requested by fabbione.
>>
>> SRU justification
>>
>> Impact: Currently no USB serial modules are build for sparc. Those are 
>> required to get a console over USB. Impact is small since this enablement 
>> only activates modules for sparc.
>>
>> Fix: Change config options to build certain USB serial modules.
>>
>> Testcase: Use a serial console with a serial USB adapter on sparc.
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> When all other means of communication fail, try words!
>>
>>
> 
>> From 3cd513c36645cf64b893e26bdd15909381512a1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Fabio M. Di Nitto <fdinitto at redhat.com>
>> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 15:58:23 +0100
>> Subject: [PATCH] UBUNTU: Enable USB serial support on sparc
>>
>> Bug: #305188
>>
>> Select USB_SERIAL_AIRPRIME, USB_SERIAL_GENERIC, USB_SERIAL_OPTION and
>> USB_SERIAL_PL2303 features from USB_SERIAL set as those are the only one
>> tested by me.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. Di Nitto <fdinitto at redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>
>> ---
>>  debian/config/sparc/config |   44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>  1 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/debian/config/sparc/config b/debian/config/sparc/config
>> index f7c6978..c64c592 100644
>> --- a/debian/config/sparc/config
>> +++ b/debian/config/sparc/config
>> @@ -310,7 +310,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS is not set
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC is not set
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES is not set
>> -CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y
> 
> This ...
> 
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is not set
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES is not set
>>  # CONFIG_DEBUG_SG is not set
>> @@ -369,7 +368,7 @@ CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m
>>  CONFIG_DRM_SAVAGE=m
>>  CONFIG_DRM_TDFX=m
>>  CONFIG_DRM_VIA=m
>> -CONFIG_DRM_VIA_CHROME9=n
>> +# CONFIG_DRM_VIA_CHROME9 is not set
> 
> and this seem to be unrelated to the description?
> 
>>  CONFIG_DS1682=m
>>  CONFIG_DUMMY=m
>>  CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
>> @@ -1915,7 +1914,46 @@ CONFIG_USB_R8A66597_HCD=m
>>  CONFIG_USB_RIO500=m
>>  CONFIG_USB_RTL8150=m
>>  # CONFIG_USB_SE401 is not set
>> -# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL is not set
>> +CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=m
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_AIRCABLE is not set
>> +CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_AIRPRIME=m
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_ARK3116 is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_BELKIN is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_CH341 is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_CP2101 is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_CYBERJACK is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_CYPRESS_M8 is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_DEBUG is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_DIGI_ACCELEPORT is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_EDGEPORT is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_EDGEPORT_TI is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_EMPEG is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_FTDI_SIO is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_FUNSOFT is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GARMIN is not set
>> +CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_HP4X is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IPAQ is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IPW is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IR is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_PDA is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KLSI is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KOBIL_SCT is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_MCT_U232 is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_MOS7720 is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_MOS7840 is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_NAVMAN is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OMNINET is not set
>> +CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OPTION=m
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OTI6858 is not set
>> +CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_PL2303=m
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_SAFE is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_SIERRAWIRELESS is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_TI is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_VISOR is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_WHITEHEAT is not set
>> +# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_XIRCOM is not set
>>  CONFIG_USB_SISUSBVGA=m
>>  # CONFIG_USB_SISUSBVGA_CON is not set
>>  CONFIG_USB_SL811_HCD=m
> 
> Other than that it looks pretty safe.
> 
> -apw

I did a lookup on the first one and this was an option that is actually not 
useful for sparc. So strongly suspect Fabio used editconfigs and those other 
options once went in manually.

Stefan

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