[kernel 2.6] Patch for mxser.c driver

From: Bernard Pidoux
Date: Tue Apr 11 2006 - 17:20:46 EST


Hi,

mxser driver in kernel 2.6.16 can compile but it does not drive the serial multiport adapter from Moxa.

According to Moxa documentation for version 1.8, msmknod script, downloaded from their support site, creates ttyM0-7 and cum0-7 tty devices with major numbers 30 and 35 by defaults.

However, in mxser.c major device numbers are still 174 and 175.

Here is a patch to change major tty device numbers to proper default values.


--- linux/drivers/char/mxser.c.old 2006-04-11 22:35:16.000000000 +0200
+++ linux/drivers/char/mxser.c 2006-04-11 22:36:49.000000000 +0200
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@
#include "mxser.h"

#define MXSER_VERSION "1.8"
-#define MXSERMAJOR 174
-#define MXSERCUMAJOR 175
+#define MXSERMAJOR 30
+#define MXSERCUMAJOR 35

#define MXSER_EVENT_TXLOW 1
#define MXSER_EVENT_HANGUP 2


BTW, driver source that can be downloaded from Moxa support site will not compile :

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.16/build SUBDIRS=/temp/mxser1.8/driver modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16'
CC [M] /temp/mxser1.8/driver/mxser.o
/temp/mxser1.8/driver/mxser.c:722: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/temp/mxser1.8/driver/mxser.c: In function 'mxser_init':
/temp/mxser1.8/driver/mxser.c:1035: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/temp/mxser1.8/driver/mxser.c: In function 'mxser_ioctl':
/temp/mxser1.8/driver/mxser.c:1685: warning: implicit declaration of function 'verify_area'
/temp/mxser1.8/driver/mxser.c: In function 'mxser_receive_chars':
/temp/mxser1.8/driver/mxser.c:2631: error: 'struct tty_ldisc' has no member named 'receive_room'
/temp/mxser1.8/driver/mxser.c:2638: error: 'struct tty_struct' has no member named 'flip'
/temp/mxser1.8/driver/mxser.c:2639: error: 'struct tty_struct' has no member named 'flip'
/temp/mxser1.8/driver/mxser.c:2783: error: 'struct tty_struct' has no member named 'flip'
/temp/mxser1.8/driver/mxser.c:2783: error: 'struct tty_struct' has no member named 'flip'
make[2]: *** [/temp/mxser1.8/driver/mxser.o] Erreur 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/temp/mxser1.8/driver] Erreur 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16'
make: *** [module] Erreur 2

If any comments please Cc: to me.

Regards from,

Bernard Pidoux, f6bvp

http://f6bvp.org
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