Re: com* at acpi? in amd64/GENERIC

2011-09-11 Thread David Holland
On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 12:10:17PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote: > > > Look at the cvs history, if you do that the com ports tend to get > > > reversed. > > > There is no way of fixing the order of the com ports when acpi is used. > > > > Now the big question is: What is more important? Havin

Re: com* at acpi? in amd64/GENERIC

2011-09-04 Thread Manuel Bouyer
On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 09:08:23AM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote: > Am 03.09.11 18:30, schrieb David Laight: > > On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 05:04:16PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote: > >>> > >>> I see. Does that mean it will push up ACPI com(4) ports up even when > >>> com0 - com2 don't attach? > >> > >> Yes,

Re: com* at acpi? in amd64/GENERIC

2011-09-04 Thread Marc Balmer
Am 03.09.11 18:30, schrieb David Laight: > On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 05:04:16PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote: >>> >>> I see. Does that mean it will push up ACPI com(4) ports up even when >>> com0 - com2 don't attach? >> >> Yes, but maybe >> com0 at acpi? >> com1 at acpi? >> com* at acpi? >> >> will wo

Re: com* at acpi? in amd64/GENERIC

2011-09-03 Thread David Laight
On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 05:04:16PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote: > > > > I see. Does that mean it will push up ACPI com(4) ports up even when > > com0 - com2 don't attach? > > Yes, but maybe > com0 at acpi? > com1 at acpi? > com* at acpi? > > will workaround it. This needs to be tested. Look

Re: com* at acpi? in amd64/GENERIC

2011-09-03 Thread Manuel Bouyer
On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 04:33:07PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote: > Am 03.09.11 15:05, schrieb Jonathan A. Kollasch: > > > On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 01:45:08PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote: > >> I just noticed that 'com* at acpi?' is commented out in amd64/GENERIC. > >> Is there a technical reason for that?

Re: com* at acpi? in amd64/GENERIC

2011-09-03 Thread Marc Balmer
Am 03.09.11 15:05, schrieb Jonathan A. Kollasch: > On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 01:45:08PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote: >> I just noticed that 'com* at acpi?' is commented out in amd64/GENERIC. >> Is there a technical reason for that? >> >> I would like to uncomment it, to make the serial ports available

Re: com* at acpi? in amd64/GENERIC

2011-09-03 Thread Jonathan A. Kollasch
On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 01:45:08PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote: > I just noticed that 'com* at acpi?' is commented out in amd64/GENERIC. > Is there a technical reason for that? > > I would like to uncomment it, to make the serial ports available that > are found on IBM Anyplace Kiosk systems. Please

Re: com* at acpi? in amd64/GENERIC

2011-09-03 Thread Manuel Bouyer
On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 12:48:56PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote: > On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 01:45:08PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote: > > I just noticed that 'com* at acpi?' is commented out in amd64/GENERIC. > > Is there a technical reason for that? > > > > I would like to uncomment it, to make the seria

Re: com* at acpi? in amd64/GENERIC

2011-09-03 Thread Manuel Bouyer
On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 01:45:08PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote: > I just noticed that 'com* at acpi?' is commented out in amd64/GENERIC. > Is there a technical reason for that? > > I would like to uncomment it, to make the serial ports available that > are found on IBM Anyplace Kiosk systems. there

com* at acpi? in amd64/GENERIC

2011-09-02 Thread Marc Balmer
I just noticed that 'com* at acpi?' is commented out in amd64/GENERIC. Is there a technical reason for that? I would like to uncomment it, to make the serial ports available that are found on IBM Anyplace Kiosk systems.