Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: 8250: Fixes: Fix port count mismatch with the device

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sat Jun 15 2024 - 02:18:52 EST


On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 01:36:52PM +0800, Crescent CY Hsieh wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 11:07:29AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 05:03:22PM +0800, Crescent Hsieh wrote:
> > > Normally, the number of ports is indicated by the third digit of the
> > > device ID on Moxa PCI serial boards. For example, `0x1121` indicates a
> > > device with 2 ports.
> > >
> > > However, `CP116E_A_A` and `CP116E_A_B` are exceptions; they have 8
> > > ports, but the third digit of the device ID is `6`.
> > >
> > > This patch introduces a function to retrieve the number of ports on Moxa
> > > PCI serial boards, addressing the issue described above.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Crescent Hsieh <crescentcy.hsieh@xxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
> > > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > What commit id does this fix?
>
> None, it's just a normal patch, I might have mistakenly added the "fix"
> tag.

You say "fix" twice in the subject line, and it looks like it actually
does resolve a problem in the current code.

Or is this all just a "cleanup" change?

confused,

greg k-h