Re: No serial since kernel 3.8

From: Stephan von Krawczynski
Date: Tue Apr 16 2013 - 12:10:18 EST


On Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:55:25 +0200
richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Stephan von Krawczynski
> <skraw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > can some kind soul please explain how I can get my serial port back under
> > kernel 3.8.X. Earlier kernels showed:
> >
> > Jan 10 13:57:18 mybox kernel: [ 0.712829] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8
> > (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> >
> > But 3.8.4:
> >
> > Mar 26 10:39:14 admin kernel: [ 0.603647] serial 00:0a: disabled
> >
> > Only kernel is replaced, no change in distro
> > Is there some kernel boot parameter needed now?
> > I tried 3.4.X and it works, even 3.7.X works...
>
> So, 3.8.3 worked and 3.8.4 introduced a regression?
> If so please confirm.
>
> CC'ing gregkh, just in case...

No, neither 3.8.4 nor 3.8.3 worked. The last working version I know for sure is 3.7.6
FYI: I don't load serial as a module
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Regards,
Stephan
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