From: andyb@roxi.rz.fht-mannheim.de (Burkhardt Andreas) Subject: Re: com4 and sls and pl12 Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1993 12:07:36 CET
mantel@adcalc.fnal.gov wrote:
: Here is a problem I have come across while using
: sls 1.03 with kernel .99pl12 from linus' area:
: I would like to use my modem which is set up on COM4 (i.e. cua3). But no
: matter what communications software I use I cannot get a signal out. After
: some reading of FAQs and such and doing some snooping around in my filesystem,
: I have discovered something interesting. When I boot up linux, with my newely
: compiled zImage, I get the following two lines, amoungst others at the
: beginning of the messages that are put on the screen during boot up:
: { tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq=4) is a 16450 }
: { tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq=3) is a 16450 }
: But when I boot linux with the sls 1.03 a1.5 disk, generated with kernel
: 99pl9, I get the following:
: { tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq=4) is a 16450 }
: { tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq=3) is a 16450 }
: { tty03 at 0x02e8 (irq=3) is a 16450 } <--- this one
I have the same Problem here. The Serial driver did not found the port
tty03. If I configure the hardware of the modem to use tty02 the serial
driver detects the port and everything works ok.
But if the modem is configured to use com4 it is not found.
maybe someone has a idea why ? :-)
bye andi