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

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Mon Jan 05 2026 - 18:26:54 EST




On 1/5/26 8:51 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 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?

OK. Thanks.

>> depends on SERIAL_SH_SCI && DMA_ENGINE
>> default ARCH_RENESAS
--
~Randy