From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Hikaru1@verizon.net
Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 8250/16550 serial driver not being installed if set modular
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:55:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051117225530.GA20221@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051115115613.GA10399@roll>
On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 06:56:13AM -0500, Hikaru1@verizon.net wrote:
> Hi, I'm emailing you to report a bug with the serial driver in linux kernel
> 2.6.14.2, you are listed as the maintainer in the MAINTAINERS file, so if
> I've sent you this bug report in error please tell me where I should be
> sending it.
>
> I'm using slackware 10.2 on a AMD K7 (XP 2600) this is a 32bit i386
> compatible machine.
>
> in 2.6.14.2's menuconfig, under Device Drivers->Character devices->Serial
> drivers if I select the option 8250/16550 and compatible serial support to
> be compiled into the kernel, it works fine. If I select it to compile as a
> module, the module 'serial' is not installed when I do make modules_install.
> I'm also pretty sure it's not being compiled at all when selected to be
> compiled as a module.
>
> Just to be clear, the help for that option specifically says the module will
> be named 'serial' if the name's wrong, could you tell me what it is named?
>
> I don't know what's wrong with it, nor where to check. Could you give me
> some pointers on what to check so I can give you more information? I
> really prefer to have as much as I can as modules as my computer has to boot
> using a floppy disk.
It's actually called '8250' and it depends on 'serial_core' as well.
I'll fix the docs.
--
Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core
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2005-11-15 11:56 8250/16550 serial driver not being installed if set modular Hikaru1
2005-11-17 22:55 ` Russell King [this message]
2005-11-17 22:58 ` Russell King
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