Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:25:53 -0400 | From | Chris Bergeron <> | Subject | Re: Syba 8-Port Serial Card Unidentified By Kernel |
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Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 05:31:05PM -0400, Chris Bergeron wrote: > >> I've just installed a multiport serial card released by an outfit called >> Syba. This is an 8 port serial-only card with an Octopus style breakout >> cable. The main chipset on it is an ITE IT8871F. >> > > Well 8250_pci.c mentions IT8871, so it is probably 8250 style in > interface then. > > That's what I had thought too after a quick LKML search. Doing a bit more research (I'm starting to think the IT8871F on the chip is misleading) it looks like that support is for a single parallel multi I/O card (with the other 887x cards being serial/parport PCI cards).
>> I've got two questions on this: Is there a driver I should try force >> loading on it (and if so, what options to use)? and is there any useful >> testing I can do to report back to the LKML on this card? >> > > How many serial ports is your kernel configured to use? > The kernel I'm using has 16 for both the NR_UARTS and RUNTIME_UARTS (these machines generally have a minimum of 4 ports). dmesg doesn't show the kernel as recognizing the card and only ttyS0 and ttyS1 (the two onboard ports) show up on boot.
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