Tom Sightler wrote:
>
[snip]
> I tested 2.4.3-pre7 and it still fails without my patch. With my patch I
> get the above message about 'Redundant entry in serial pci_table' but it
> still manages to setup my serial device as /dev/ttyS4 (the same patch
> applied to 2.4.2-ac21 sets the device to /dev/ttyS1). However it only works
> if I load serial.c as a module AFTER the card is inserted, if serial.c is
> already loaded it doesn't register correctly with a messages similar to
> above. Perhaps I need to check my hotplug setup.
>
> Could your try serial.c as a module and see if it works for you like that?
> That way I'd know I'm on the right track and haven't just found some strange
> way to make it work on my system alone.
OK, now I'm in 2.4.3-pre7 plus your patch and serial as a module (it was
built in kernel previously) and indeed I have my modem detected
automatically by the PCMCIA startup sequence (I don't need to manually
do anything).
I lost the IrDA port, though - ttyS2. Now I only see ttyS0 and ttyS4.
Thanks & ciao,
--alessandro <alessandro.suardi@oracle.com> <asuardi@uninetcom.it>
Linux: kernel 2.2.19p18/2.4.3p7 glibc-2.2 gcc-2.96-69 binutils-2.11.90.0.1
Oracle: Oracle8i 8.1.7.0.1 Enterprise Edition for Linux
motto: Tell the truth, there's less to remember.
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