Re: [PATCH] Fix for serial.c to work with Xircom Cardbus Ethernet+Modem

[Alessandro Suardi <alessandro.suardi@oracle.com>]

Tom Sightler wrote:
> 
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> I tested 2.4.3-pre7 and it still fails without my patch.  With my patch I
> get the above message about 'Redundant entry in serial pci_table' but it
> still manages to setup my serial device as /dev/ttyS4 (the same patch
> applied to 2.4.2-ac21 sets the device to /dev/ttyS1).  However it only works
> if I load serial.c as a module AFTER the card is inserted, if serial.c is
> already loaded it doesn't register correctly with a messages similar to
> above.  Perhaps I need to check my hotplug setup.
> 
> Could your try serial.c as a module and see if it works for you like that?
> That way I'd know I'm on the right track and haven't just found some strange
> way to make it work on my system alone.

OK, now I'm in 2.4.3-pre7 plus your patch and serial as a module (it was
 built in kernel previously) and indeed I have my modem detected
 automatically by the PCMCIA startup sequence (I don't need to manually
 do anything).

I lost the IrDA port, though - ttyS2. Now I only see ttyS0 and ttyS4.


Thanks & ciao,

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