[ltp] serial port

[James Mckenzie]

Prabhakar Chaganti wrote:
> 
> All:
> 

> However, I still cannot seem to be able to use my serial port. When I run
> "tpctl --rsx" this is the output:
> 
>    serial port 1:                                     enable  0x3f8 IRQ4
>    serial port 2:                                     disable 0x0   IRQ0
> 
> It does not show the COM1 as being bound to serial port 1. In the bootup log I
> see the following:

COM1's parameters are IRQ 4 and IO port 0x3F8h, which is what is shown
above.

>         Serial driver version 4.27 with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ enabled
>         ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A

Try connecting /dev/serial to /dev/ttyS00 and you will have one each
buffered serial port...

> 
> What am I doing wrong here? How do I get my serial port to work so that I can
> sync my palm. I am using Mandrake 7.1 running a 2.2.17kernel on a TP600.

I don't know how to set up the Palm program under Linux, but it does
involve setting the default serial port to /dev/ttyS00.

However, your serial port IS working.  Take a look at dmesg | more and
you will find it there.

James Mckenzie
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