Serial can be disabled by a simple change:
diff -r 2e5d4e459c1c buildconfigs/linux-defconfig_xen_ia64
--- a/buildconfigs/linux-defconfig_xen_ia64 Sun May 21 07:31:02 2006 -0600
+++ b/buildconfigs/linux-defconfig_xen_ia64 Mon May 22 15:06:00 2006 +0800
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 15:22 +0800, Tian, Kevin wrote:
But I'm not sure why I have to set option to be 'yes' explicitly:
config XEN_DISABLE_SERIAL
bool Disable serial port drivers
default y
So after making oldconfig, this option should be enabled automatically.
Does I