Re: 2.6.3-rc3 serial console woes

[Keith Owens]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 08:05:54 +1100, 
Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 12:07:56 -0700, 
>Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>Hmm....  I suspect the problem is that serial8250_isa_init_ports()
>>doesn't initialize port->type for the ports in SERIAL_PORT_DFNS,
>>so we fail the console setup.
>>===== drivers/serial/8250.c 1.44 vs edited =====
>>--- 1.44/drivers/serial/8250.c	Fri Feb 13 08:19:33 2004
>>+++ edited/drivers/serial/8250.c	Mon Feb 16 12:03:06 2004
>>@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@
>> 	if (co->index >= UART_NR)
>> 		co->index = 0;
>> 	port = &serial8250_ports[co->index].port;
>>-	if (port->type == PORT_UNKNOWN)
>>+	if (!port->ops)
>> 		return -ENODEV;
>> 
>> 	/*
>
>Works for me on i386.

Spoke too soon.  That one line patch makes the serial console available
early in boot.  But as soon as /sbin/init runs, the console is
gibberish due to a speed mismatch.  Completely reverting

  http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/cset@xxxxxx?nav=index.html|ChangeSet@-7d

works fine.  Since this is a -rc kernel, can we revert the cset until
it is fixed?

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