Do you have some other hints for the problem described in the "2.5.64 ttyS problem ?"-thread?
Oliver
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Russell King [mailto:rmk@arm.linux.org.uk]
> Gesendet: Montag, 24. März 2003 17:16
> An: Duncan Sands
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Spang Oliver
> Betreff: Re: drivers/serial/Makefile
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 04:52:50PM +0100, Duncan Sands wrote:
> > The serial driver is now compiled as "8250", rather than
> > the traditional "serial" (Kconfig says "serial" as well).
> > Assuming this was a mistake in the Makefile, I went and
> > had a look, but my brain exploded.
>
> It isn't a mistake. "serial" is meaningless with you've got multiple
> serial ports of different types. It's a general name of a class of
> devices, not a specific device.
>
> > What exactly is this intended to do?
>
> Well, core.c is the core driver which knows how to talk to user space,
> and on to that bolts the hardware specific bits, 8250.c, sa1100.c,
> suncore.c etc.
>
> > PS: 8250_gsc, 8250_pci can be compiled as modules in their
> > own right.
>
> In theory they can, and maybe one day we'll teach the Kconfig system
> to allow it. Feel free to send a patch for this. 8)
>
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