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    tty: disable unbind for old 74xx based serial/mpsc console port · 6200cbaf
    Paul Gortmaker authored
    We recently got rid of some modular code in this driver and also
    got rid of the unused ".remove" function at the same time.  Thierry
    noted that it was however possible to force the remove through the
    bind/unbind interface.
    
    Since this is a console device used on 2005 vintage 74xx based
    powerpc embedded targets, and is essentially always used in
    conjunction with SERIAL_MPSC_CONSOLE=y -- there is no sane reason
    anyone would ever want to unbind the builtin driver and lose the
    console.  So we just explicitly block bind/unbind operations and
    prevent root from shooting themselves in the foot.
    
    Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
    Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.com>
    Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>
    Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
    Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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