Re: commit 7e92b4fc34 - x86, serial: convert legacy COM ports toplatform devices - broke my serial console

From: Maciej W. Rozycki
Date: Tue Jul 24 2007 - 14:17:51 EST


On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> 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.

And (c) something BIOS writers have never ever in their most unlikely
imagination expected to be trusted for.

Maciej
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