From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Cc: Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Russell King <rmk+serial@arm.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Problem with PPPD on dialup with 2.6.11-bk1 and later; 2.6.11 is OK
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:13:49 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4231FBFD.7000103@tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050310132114.5eda19d7@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net>
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.
--
-bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-11 20:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-10 2:14 Problem with PPPD on dialup with 2.6.11-bk1 and later; 2.6.11 is OK Steven Cole
2005-03-10 21:21 ` Stephen Hemminger
2005-03-11 20:13 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
2005-03-12 0:51 ` Steven Cole
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2005-03-09 23:57 Steven Cole
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