Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:50:07 -0800 | From | David Daney <> | Subject | Re: serial8250 madness |
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Andrew Walrond wrote: > Is anyone active in the serial code? >
Yes.
> [...] > > The Machines are all amd64, various motherboards, identical distros > using 2.6.28.1 kernel. > Either I have a particularly motley collection of kit, or the serial > code is in a pretty bad way. >
I use serial consoles on a variety of embedded boards every day (albeit mostly mips based) ,so I think it works.
You do have to have your kernel configured properly for a serial console for it to work right.
I would test it using some other device as the console. Only once you have it working try for the serial console.
David Daney
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