[PATCH] serial drivers are not experimental

From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl

A few days ago I needed a serial line and couldnt find the option in
menuconfig.  Turned out that SERIAL_8250 depends on EXPERIMENTAL.  I
suppose that dependence should be removed.

diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
index cae6bc1239ecdaaf49b782bb1c8e47459fca25cc..07d1977da088e4268ad0ec0f3f4cdce3fdfaf7f9 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ menu "Serial drivers"
 #
 # The new 8250/16550 serial drivers
 config SERIAL_8250
-       tristate "8250/16550 and compatible serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-       depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+       tristate "8250/16550 and compatible serial support"
        ---help---
          This selects whether you want to include the driver for the standard
          serial ports.  The standard answer is Y.  People who might say N
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ config SERIAL_8250
          modems and similar devices connecting to the standard serial ports.
 
 config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
-       bool "Console on 8250/16550 and compatible serial port (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+       bool "Console on 8250/16550 and compatible serial port"
        depends on SERIAL_8250=y
        ---help---
          If you say Y here, it will be possible to use a serial port as the
@@ -53,8 +52,8 @@ config SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
          (/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but
          you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as
          "console=ttyS1". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
-         your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
-         kernel at boot time.)
+         your boot loader (grub or lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options
+         to the kernel at boot time.)
 
          If you don't have a VGA card installed and you say Y here, the
          kernel will automatically use the first serial line, /dev/ttyS0, as