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CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED: Extended 8250/16550 serial driver options

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The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED has multiple definitions:

Extended 8250/16550 serial driver options found in drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED:

Help text

If you wish to use any non-standard features of the standard "dumb" driver, say Y here. This includes HUB6 support, shared serial interrupts, special multiport support, support for more than the four COM 1/2/3/4 boards, etc.

Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all the questions about serial driver options. If unsure, say N.

Extended 8250/16550 serial driver options found in drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED:

Help text

If you wish to use any non-standard features of the standard "dumb" driver, say Y here. This includes HUB6 support, shared serial interrupts, special multiport support, support for more than the four COM 1/2/3/4 boards, etc.

Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all the questions about serial driver options. If unsure, say N.

Extended 8250/16550 serial driver options found in drivers/serial/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED:

Help text

If you wish to use any non-standard features of the standard "dumb" driver, say Y here. This includes HUB6 support, shared serial interrupts, special multiport support, support for more than the four COM 1/2/3/4 boards, etc.

Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all the questions about serial driver options. If unsure, say N.

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