Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 May 1999 13:54:06 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Hard coding default COM3/4 IRQ. |
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Could someone please let me know how to change the _DEFAULT_ COM3 and COM4 IRQ for the linux kernel? I could probably find it easily enough by hunting through the source, but if someone could just let me know it would be a bit easier.
Also, it would be nice if this were a CONFIG option. Now I know it is easily rectified in userland by using the setserial program, and that is how I do it, however with various new installations out there, I often forget to configure the com IRQ, and as such the modem wont work.
Also, why doesn't Linux automatically configure the IRQ on the COM port? I'm not complaining, however every single installation of Windows 95 I've seen yet, has miraculously and transparently configured the COM IRQ. This leads me to believe that there is a safe and consistent way of determining what IRQ a given COM port has.
Is there any technical reason for not autoprobing serial IRQ's? Does a kernel patch to do this exist? Does any of this sound like it might be possible to throw into 2.2.x? What about 2.3.x?
Thanks a bundle in advance!
-- Mike A. Harris Linux advocate GNU advocate Computer Consultant Open Source advocate
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