On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 01:55:29PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> Actually I think it is the right place to do it. Prior to that the only
> cases we've had to deal with are board specifc rules such as for the
> Timedia/Sunix card. The softmodem bit of the blacklist wants renaming and
> a comment adding to each group giving the reason.

I renamed it to "blacklist"

> Trying to get autodetection right is always a little bit exciting and one
> device tends to break another.
> 
> In this case you know the device type and have a PCI identifier you should
> be able to set
> 
> 	up->port.flags |= UPF_FIXED_TYPE;
> 	up->port.type = PORT_16550A;
> 
> before the call to serial8250_register_8250_port();
> 
> Alan

I see, I missed the quirks in 8250_pci.c. I added a quirk for my card to set
the options above and it works nicely thanks!

The new patch is attached.

Gianluca