Re: 2.6.0-test11 -- Failed to open /dev/ttyS0: No such device

[Steve Youngs]

|--==> "JK" == Jacek Kawa <jfk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

  JK> bert hubert wrote:
  >>> Does anyone have modem working in 2.6.0-test11?
  >>> I have external modem connected to /dev/ttyS0 (COM1).  Kernel
  >>> 2.6.0-test11 give me

  JK> It reminds me, that I had to add serial to the list of modules
  JK> loading at start to get back access to /dev/ttyS* 
  JK> (while upgrading from -test9 to -test10). 

Jacek,

I _think_ this patch will bring back auto-loading of the serial module
for you.  Please let me know how it goes.  (Bert, this won't fix your
problem if you have the serial driver compiled directly into the
kernel, but it might if you have it as a module.)

--- linux-2.6.0-test11/drivers/serial/serial_core.c	2003-11-27 12:12:22.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-2.6.0-test11-sy/drivers/serial/serial_core.c	2003-12-01 01:38:40.000000000 +1000
@@ -2420,3 +2420,4 @@
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Serial driver core");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV(drv->major, drv->minor);


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