Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: Serial Console changes in linux 2.4.15?? | | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | | Date | 18 Feb 2002 21:49:53 -0700 |
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
> > If i manually put the lines back (the "#if 0" and "#endif"), then my serial > > console works just fine. > > Except that you broke serial support for CREAD control > > > Did someone submit serial.c with the "#if 0" lines removed by accident? > > No > > > My other question is: Why does this break the serial console? > > Your user space is buggy I think, and didn't set CREAD
Old versions of /sbin/init are broken and clear CREAD. Most getty's (except mingetty) do the right thing. I saw the change at 2.4.2 -> 2.4.3. I don't why some people have managed to avoid it for longer periods of time.
The great mystery is how /sbin/init managed to work in 2.4.2.... Eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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