[ltp] Serial port

[David Ayers]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:30:15 +0100
Uwe Walter <walter-l@tm.uka.de> wrote:

> Hi David.
> 
> 
> On Mo, 2005-01-24 at 08:59 -0600, David Ayers wrote:
> > Is anyone using the serial port on a T40 series with the Port
> > Replicator II?
> 
> Yup.
> T40p | T42p + Port Replicator II + Palm Serial Docking Station
> 
> No problems.
> Works out-of-the-box and I never had a problem with it.
> 
> You have everything configured properly in the BIOS?
> 
> My boot-log:
> Mon Jan 24 08:28:51 2005: Loading the saved-state of the serial
> devices... Mon Jan 24 08:28:51 2005: /dev/ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is
> a 16550A Mon Jan 24 08:28:51 2005: /dev/ttyS1 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a
> 16550A(ttyS1 is irda, if I remember correctly)
> 
> First message comes from Debian's setserial boot script, which uses the
> following values to configure the 1st serial port:
> /dev/ttyS0 uart 16550A port 0x03f8 irq 4 baud_base 115200 spd_normal
> skip_test and sets these with the following commands in the setserial
> script:
> 	[...] read device args (from the line above)
> 	${SETSERIAL} -z $device $args
> 	${SETSERIAL} -bg $device
> 
> Kernel 2.6.10, serial built in. 
> Config: Character devices -> serial drivers:
> SERIAL_8250 is set
> SERIAL_8250_CS is set (nothing to do with the dock serial)
> SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS is 4
> SERIAL_8250_EXTENDED is set
> SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ is set
> everything else is off.
> 
> 
> What elso do you want to know?
> 
> 
> Greetings, UW(e)

Thanks for the info. I'll see where this takes me and let you know.

Dave


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