Name
SERIAL_8250 — 8250/16550 and compatible serial support
Description
This selects whether you want to include the driver for the standard
serial ports. The standard answer is yes. People who might say no
here are those setting up dedicated Ethernet WWW/FTP
servers, or users that have one of the various bus mice instead of a
serial mouse and don't intend to use their machine's standard serial
port for anything. In addition, the Cyclades and Stallion multi
serial port drivers do not need this driver.
Note
Do not compile this driver as a module if you are using
non-standard serial ports, because the configuration information will
be lost when the driver is unloaded. This limitation may be lifted
in the future.
Most people will say yes here, so that they can use serial mice,
modems, and similar devices connected to the standard serial ports.
