<div dir="ltr">Hey Tim!<br><br>Today is the scheduled date for beta release of Ubuntu 22.04 as i know. I don't see the option set to y in the kernel config at <br><a href="https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/jammy/tree/debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu">https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/jammy/tree/debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu</a>.<br><br>Do you believe that CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MID=y will be in 22.04?<br>I could create a pull request if it helps<br><br>Thanks,<br>-Vladimir</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 5:48 PM Vladimir Ratnikov <<a href="mailto:vratnikov@netgate.com">vratnikov@netgate.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">It would be great!<br><br>Thank you!<br><br>-Vladimir</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 5:28 PM Tim Gardner <<a href="mailto:tim.gardner@canonical.com" target="_blank">tim.gardner@canonical.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I'm pretty sure we can get it set for 22.04 at least. One of my team <br>
members will be working on this presently.<br>
<br>
rtg<br>
<br>
On 3/16/22 08:07, Vladimir Ratnikov wrote:<br>
> Tim, thanks for the answer!<br>
> <br>
> Does this mean that the 8250_MID module will be compiled into the ubuntu <br>
> kernel in the next release cycle?<br>
> <br>
> Thanks,<br>
> -Vladimir<br>
> <br>
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 3:52 PM Tim Gardner <<a href="mailto:tim.gardner@canonical.com" target="_blank">tim.gardner@canonical.com</a> <br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tim.gardner@canonical.com" target="_blank">tim.gardner@canonical.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
>     This seems reasonable. After all, the config change in Debian is 4<br>
>     years<br>
>     old.<br>
> <br>
>     rtg<br>
> <br>
>     On 3/15/22 10:36, Vladimir Ratnikov wrote:<br>
>      > Hello!<br>
>      ><br>
>      > At current point we have an opportunity to have<br>
>     CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MID<br>
>      > being compiled into kernel in order to be available as serial<br>
>      > console(according to debian, there was such problem before and<br>
>     current<br>
>      > kernels has 'CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MID=y' instead of<br>
>      > 'CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MID=m'<br>
>      ><br>
>      > ticket: <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864368" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864368</a><br>
>     <<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864368" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864368</a>><br>
>      > <<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864368" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864368</a><br>
>     <<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864368" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864368</a>>><br>
>      > patch:<br>
>      ><br>
>     <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/commit/7618511643be57b5587f66729e1c0121eb4617f6" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/commit/7618511643be57b5587f66729e1c0121eb4617f6</a><br>
>     <<a href="https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/commit/7618511643be57b5587f66729e1c0121eb4617f6" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/commit/7618511643be57b5587f66729e1c0121eb4617f6</a>><br>
> <br>
>      ><br>
>     <<a href="https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/commit/7618511643be57b5587f66729e1c0121eb4617f6" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/commit/7618511643be57b5587f66729e1c0121eb4617f6</a><br>
>     <<a href="https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/commit/7618511643be57b5587f66729e1c0121eb4617f6" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/commit/7618511643be57b5587f66729e1c0121eb4617f6</a>>><br>
>      ><br>
>      > So I'm wondering if there's a way of getting this module being<br>
>     compiled<br>
>      > into the kernel and being accepted in upstream or if there is<br>
>     something<br>
>      > cons about it ?<br>
>      ><br>
>      > We've rebuilt the kernel with 'CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MID=y' instead of<br>
>      > 'CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MID=m' and haven't seen any problems and it<br>
>     worked<br>
>      > as expected. I believe, it'll be better for everyone having this<br>
>     module<br>
>      > to be the part of kernel.<br>
>      ><br>
>      ><br>
>      > Thanks!<br>
>      > -Vladimir<br>
>      ><br>
> <br>
>     -- <br>
>     -----------<br>
>     Tim Gardner<br>
>     Canonical, Inc<br>
> <br>
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Tim Gardner<br>
Canonical, Inc<br>
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