Messages in this thread |  | | From | Joshua Spoerri <> | Subject | Re: Serial module arguments !? | Date | Wed, 1 May 1996 10:16:10 -0400 (EDT) |
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Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 16:22:56 +0100 (BST) > From: Ian Macdonald <ism@tardis.ed.ac.uk> > > So if people are using kerneld to load the serial module they have to rerun > setserial every time the module is loaded? > > Yes, it does. There is a warning message in the Configuration help file: > > [WARNING: Do not compile this driver as a module if you are using > non-standard serial ports, since the configuration information will be > lost when kerneld automatically unloads the driver. This limitation may > be lifted in the future.] >
i just submitted a very short (<10 line) patch to allow setting irq and io addr on the serial module as you currently can with ethernet and lp modules (e.g. insmod serial irq=0,0,5). in your /etc/modules.conf you can then say: options serial irq=0,0,5
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