Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:13:49 -0500 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: Problem with PPPD on dialup with 2.6.11-bk1 and later; 2.6.11 is OK |
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Stephen Hemminger wrote: >>Stephen Hemminger also wrote: (Someting's busted with serial in 2.6.11 latest) >> >>>Some checkin since 2.6.11 has caused the serial driver to >>>drop characters. Console output is chopped and messages are garbled. >>>Even the shell prompt gets truncated. > > >>Searching lkml archive, I found: >>http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111031501416334&w=2 >> >>I also found that reverting that patch made the problem go away for 2.6.11-bk1. > > > > Yes, this patch is the problem. A fix showed up today. > Current kernels work fine, thanks.
Could someone who has the patch broken out send it to -stable? Serial not working is a non-trivial issue given the number of people who use dialup either full time or as a fallback connection.
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