Merge branch 'tty-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty

[pandora-kernel.git] / drivers / tty / serial / serial_core.c

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index 9f72be2..0406d7f 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ static int uart_startup(struct tty_struct *tty, struct uart_state *state, int in
                clear_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
        }
 
+       /*
+        * This is to allow setserial on this port. People may want to set
+        * port/irq/type and then reconfigure the port properly if it failed
+        * now.
+        */
        if (retval && capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
                retval = 0;