* serial_down - shut down hardware
* @tport: tty port to shut down
*
- * Shut down a USB serial port unless it is the console. We never
- * shut down the console hardware as it will always be in use. Serialized
- * against activate by the tport mutex and kept to matching open/close pairs
+ * Shut down a USB serial port. Serialized against activate by the
+ * tport mutex and kept to matching open/close pairs
* of calls by the ASYNCB_INITIALIZED flag.
+ *
+ * Not called if tty is console.
*/
static void serial_down(struct tty_port *tport)
{
struct usb_serial_port *port =
container_of(tport, struct usb_serial_port, port);
struct usb_serial_driver *drv = port->serial->type;
- /*
- * The console is magical. Do not hang up the console hardware
- * or there will be tears.
- */
- if (port->port.console)
- return;
+
if (drv->close)
drv->close(port);
}