On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Bryan Whitehead wrote:
> It seems devfsd has an annoying "feature". I bought a PCI card to get a
> couple (2) more serial ports. The kernel doesn't seem to set up the
> serial ports at boot, so devfs never creates an entry. However, post
> boot, since there is no entries, I can
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 03:57:56PM -0800, Ed Vance wrote:
>
> Will Bryan get the proper devfs entries if he patches serial.c to
> recognize his card at kernel initialization, or is there more
> weirdness expected?
The point is that with devfs, it requires a kernel patch. And if you
have an IS
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 6:18 PM, Robert White wrote:
>
> I had a similar problem, but the actual problem had nothing
> to do with the
> devfs, the PCI serial card in question was not in the list of
> PCI devices.
> (It was a one-off P.O.S.. from CompUSA.) Neither the serial ports nor
> parallel
Whitehead
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 3:18 PM
To: Ed Vance
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: devfs + PCI serial card = no extra serial ports
> What serial driver initialization messages do you get from dmesg?
> Is the "MANY_PORTS" flag present in the list of
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 4:59 PM, Bryan Whitehead wrote:
>
> Quick question: What PCI serial port add on card works with devfs in
> kernel 2.4.19 out of the box? No pissing around?
>
> While I'm messing around with the one I got (that doesn't
> work) I need
> one that does... any suggestions??
Quick question: What PCI serial port add on card works with devfs in
kernel 2.4.19 out of the box? No pissing around?
While I'm messing around with the one I got (that doesn't work) I need
one that does... any suggestions??
Thanks to all for the help!!
Ed Vance wrote:
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 3
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 03:28:28PM -0800, Bryan Whitehead wrote:
> I just found this:
> http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0212.2/0845.html
>
> Has this patch been accepted into the new kernel series? Or should I
> just toss this card (the NetMos PCI I/O card)?
No, and no. Try these
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 3:39 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 02:51:45PM -0800, Bryan Whitehead wrote:
> > It seems devfsd has an annoying "feature". I bought a PCI
> > card to get a couple (2) more serial ports. The kernel doesn't
> > seem to set up the serial ports at boot, so
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 03:40:31PM -0800, Ed Vance wrote:
> Sure, go ahead and try the second patch that adds the Netmos cards to the
> serial driver's device tables. It is for a somewhat newer rev, but you might
> just get offsets with no failed hunks. It's worth a try.
Note that the second patch
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 02:51:45PM -0800, Bryan Whitehead wrote:
> It seems devfsd has an annoying "feature". I bought a PCI card to get a
> couple (2) more serial ports. The kernel doesn't seem to set up the
> serial ports at boot, so devfs never creates an entry. However, post
> boot, since th
mean that there is anything wrong with the card.
Good luck,
Ed
-Original Message-
From: Bryan Whitehead [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 3:28 PM
To: Bryan Whitehead
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: devfs + PCI serial card = no ex
I just found this:
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0212.2/0845.html
Has this patch been accepted into the new kernel series? Or should I
just toss this card (the NetMos PCI I/O card)?
Bryan Whitehead wrote:
It seems devfsd has an annoying "feature". I bought a PCI card to get a
cou
2003 2:55 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: devfs + PCI serial card = no extra serial ports
BTW, this is with 2.4.19 (kernel shipped with distro) I'm willing to
test any patches / rebuild kernel to get this working.
Bryan Whitehead wrote:
It seems devfsd has an
h 07, 2003 2:55 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: devfs + PCI serial card = no extra serial ports
BTW, this is with 2.4.19 (kernel shipped with distro) I'm willing to
test any patches / rebuild kernel to get this working.
Bryan Whitehead wrote:
> It s
BTW, this is with 2.4.19 (kernel shipped with distro) I'm willing to
test any patches / rebuild kernel to get this working.
Bryan Whitehead wrote:
It seems devfsd has an annoying "feature". I bought a PCI card to get a
couple (2) more serial ports. The kernel doesn't seem to set up the
15 matches
Mail list logo
