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SubjectRe: Problem with PPPD on dialup with 2.6.11-bk1 and later; 2.6.11 is OK
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.
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>
>
> 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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