On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 12:36:43AM +0800, Pete wrote: > Hello. > > I am using Moblin with an embedded atom board, and require use of the > serial port. The newer Moblin kernels (e.g. 2.6.30.3-4.1-moblin2) do > not seem to have serial support enabled. The kernel .config file option > CONFIG_SERIAL_8250 is not set, and /dev/ttyS0 does not exist. > > What do I need to do to get serial support back? > 1. Rebuild the kernel myself with serial enabled.
Sure, you can do this as you wish. > 2. Build serial support as a module (is this possible?) Sure, you can do this and build the serial module as a separate module. > 3. File a Moblin feature request to get serial support back in the > Moblin kernels. This will not likely being accepted since few (if there's any) netbooks have a serial port. -- Best regards, Li, Yan Moblin Team, Opensource Technology Center, SSG, Intel Office tel.: +86-10-82171695 (inet: 8-758-1695) OpenPGP key: 5C6C31EF IRC: yanli on network irc.freenode.net _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
