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Yes, I have been working on converting mxser.c into an 8250-based serial driver for some time, and it is still in progress. > I am not sure even about users of Moxa Intellio. I think I prompted long > time ago. Oh yes, Ray Chen (CCed) from Moxa wrote me back in 2021: > === 8< === > For the Intellio cards, we phased them out in 2017. > You may find the discontinuance notification as attached. > We will keep the software support for 5 years, to 2023. > === 8< === > > I believe we can mark it as BROKEN to let someone convert it to serial_core. > Or drop it for good already. As for Moxa Intellio (moxa.c), I have confirmed internally that both the hardware and software support have already been phased out. Therefore, it would be reasonable to drop it at this point. I can help with preparing a removal patch if this is the preferred direction. --- Sincerely, Crescent Hsieh