On Thu, 22, Jun, 2006 at 06:11:35PM +0200, Sven Luther spoke thus.. > If 2.6.17 doesn't fix this, then i will have a look.
It still doesn't work on 2.6.17 for me. I've tried this patch and it
works on the Xserve G5s at work but it needs review as I'm not a kernel
coder and I'm worried it might break the serial ports on other machines.
This was tested building against the debian kernel source 2.6.17-5.
Cheers,
Mark
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"I told you I was ill"
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#! /bin/sh -e
##
## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
## DP: Description: Disables legacy serial driver on powermacs.
## DP: Patch author: Mark Hymers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
## DP: Patch author: adapted from Sven's earlier version
## DP: Patch author: Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
## DP: Patch author: adapted from the SuSE kernel tree.
## DP: Upstream status: workaround hack waiting for a clean legacy device
solution.
diff -aurN a/drivers/serial/8250.c b/drivers/serial/8250.c
--- a/drivers/serial/8250.c 2006-06-18 02:49:35.000000000 +0100
+++ b/drivers/serial/8250.c 2006-08-01 00:31:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -2307,9 +2312,14 @@
static int __init serial8250_console_init(void)
{
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PMAC
+ printk("%s: nothing to do on PowerMac\n",__FUNCTION__);
+ return -ENODEV;
+#else
serial8250_isa_init_ports();
register_console(&serial8250_console);
return 0;
+#endif
}
console_initcall(serial8250_console_init);
@@ -2615,6 +2625,10 @@
static int __init serial8250_init(void)
{
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PMAC
+ printk("%s: nothing to do on PowerMac\n",__FUNCTION__);
+ return -ENODEV;
+#else
int ret, i;
if (nr_uarts > UART_NR)
@@ -2655,6 +2669,7 @@
uart_unregister_driver(&serial8250_reg);
out:
return ret;
+#endif
}
static void __exit serial8250_exit(void)
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