Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Jun 1998 12:54:14 -0700 | From | "D.A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: serial problems (was Re: serial (PPP) stomping on parport?) |
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On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 10:00:46AM -0700, Derrik wrote: > I tried removing the new_serial.xmit_fifo_size check, and so far I'm not > having any problems. setserial set up the port correctly, and everything > seems to be happy. Maybe this should have been something like > (new_serial.xmit_fifo_size < 0)? > > Derrik Pates > dpates@kalifornia.com > dpates@acm.org >
Tried this, and it works for me. Able to configure the ports just fine under 2.1.105. Here's a patch for easier reference:
*** /usr/src/linux-2.1.104/drivers/char/serial.c Mon May 25 10:32:52 1998 --- serial.c Wed Jun 10 12:12:22 1998 *************** *** 1661,1669 **** if ((new_serial.irq >= NR_IRQS) || (new_serial.port > 0xffff) || (new_serial.type < PORT_UNKNOWN) || (new_serial.type > PORT_MAX) || ! (new_serial.xmit_fifo_size == 0)) { return -EINVAL; } /* Make sure address is not already in use */ --- 1661,1669 ---- if ((new_serial.irq >= NR_IRQS) || (new_serial.port > 0xffff) || (new_serial.type < PORT_UNKNOWN) || (new_serial.type > PORT_MAX) || ! (new_serial.xmit_fifo_size < 0)) { return -EINVAL; } /* Make sure address is not already in use */
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