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DateTue, 27 Feb 2007 09:24:32 -0500
FromRob Prowel <>
SubjectRe: questions about 8250 uart support for adhoc boards
Russell King wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 12:02:57PM -0500, Rob Prowel wrote:
> 
>> See below for a (script) dump of that demonstrates the behavior I 
>> describe.  Additional ports are not configurable until a driver such as 
>> fourport is loaded.  This is in 2.6.20.1 and 2.6.17 (those versions I 
>> have tested).
>> 
>
> Check what /proc/tty/driver/serial contains, rather than relying on
> setserial.  setserial distributed by distros hasn't kept up with the
> changes in the serial layer.
>
> 
The setserial being used is the latest one from sourceforge.  Its 
relevant output matches the /proc entries.  The problem still remains 
though.  Entries for ttyS4 and up seem to be read-only until I add a 
supplemental driver such as fourport.


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