Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Jan 1999 01:53:53 +0100 | From | Matthias Andree <> | Subject | Re: (solved) Serial Problem in 2.2.0-pres |
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On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 03:37:14AM -0500, Shannon Aldinger wrote: > Apparently, the recent 2.1.x kernels, and the 2.2.0-pres are less tolerent > of serial ports using the same irq. After checking my inittab, and > commenting out the getty that was sitting on ttyS3, all was well with > ttyS1 again. All the 2.0.x kernels had no problems accessing ttyS1, with > the getty running on ttyS3. > > My serial setup is as follows, ttyS3 has had no cable attached since I > burnt out the vt320 that was attached to it. I had even forgot the getty > was there. So if you having serial problems in the 2.2.0-pres, and not in > 2.0.x check your inittab, especially if you have a similar setup.
People should rather check their kernel settings and re-try with "support for sharing serial irq" enabled (whatever the exact name of that option is). Change your config, re-compile and install the kernel, then re-try.
-- Matthias Andree
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