seems to be impossible to disable CONFIG_SERIAL [2.6.7]

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

hi,

has anyone noticed that it's impossible (without hacking) to remove
CONFIG_SERIAL?

remove the entries or set all SERIAL config entries to "n"...
hit make...
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250 gets set to "m", CONFIG_SERIAL gets set to "y"!

seeerrrriiialllll muuuusssstttt dieeeeeee kill kill kill.

actually there is a serious reason: udev at the moment is
taking up a significant amount of startup time (with selinux
enhancements) due to the number of entries to create in /dev.

if the dbus stuff was enabled as well it would be _even longer_.

there are 64 ttys created

there are 64 serial devices created.

only three of these are actually used on my computer - well two at most:
tty0 and tty7.

why in hell's name would i want 128 unnecessary devices created?

i feel a kernel parameter coming on...

l.

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