[SERIAL] Make the number of UARTs registered configurable.
Also add a nr_uarts module option to the 8250 code to override
this, up to a maximum of CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS
This should appease people who complain about a proliferation
of /dev/ttyS & /sysfs nodes whilst at the same time allowing
a single kernel image to support the rarer occasions of
lots of devices.
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
index 812bae6..3fd5b99 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
@@ -95,6 +95,16 @@
PCI enumeration and any ports that may be added at run-time
via hot-plug, or any ISA multi-port serial cards.
+config SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS
+ int "Number of 8250/16550 serial ports to register at runtime"
+ depends on SERIAL_8250
+ default "4"
+ help
+ Set this to the maximum number of serial ports you want
+ the kernel to register at boot time. This can be overriden
+ with the module parameter "nr_uarts", or boot-time parameter
+ 8250.nr_uarts
+
config SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED
bool "Extended 8250/16550 serial driver options"
depends on SERIAL_8250