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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
index a65fb8197aec..0e3f529d50e9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/Kconfig
@@ -128,9 +128,13 @@ config SERIAL_8250_PCI
by the parport_serial driver, enabled with CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL.
config SERIAL_8250_EXAR
- tristate "8250/16550 PCI device support"
- depends on SERIAL_8250_PCI
+ tristate "8250/16550 Exar/Commtech PCI/PCIe device support"
+ depends on SERIAL_8250_PCI
default SERIAL_8250
+ help
+ This builds support for XR17C1xx, XR17V3xx and some Commtech
+ 422x PCIe serial cards that are not covered by the more generic
+ SERIAL_8250_PCI option.
config SERIAL_8250_HP300
tristate