Re: [PATCH 4/4] serial: SH_SCI: improve "DMA support" prompt

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Randy,

On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 at 21:25, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Having a prompt of "DMA support" suddenly appear during a
> "make oldconfig" can be confusing. Add a little helpful text to
> the prompt message.
>
> Fixes: 73a19e4c0301 ("serial: sh-sci: Add DMA support.")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- linux-next-20251219.orig/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
> +++ linux-next-20251219/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
> @@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ config SERIAL_SH_SCI_EARLYCON
>         default ARCH_RENESAS
>
>  config SERIAL_SH_SCI_DMA
> -       bool "DMA support" if EXPERT
> +       bool "DMA support on SuperH SCI(F)" if EXPERT

Perhaps reword to "Support for DMA on SuperH SCI(F)", to match
the surrounding options?

>         depends on SERIAL_SH_SCI && DMA_ENGINE
>         default ARCH_RENESAS

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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