From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 21:32:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 21:31:55 -0500 Received: from nat-hdqt.valinux.com ([198.186.202.17]:22266 "EHLO tytlal.z.streaker.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 21:31:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 18:00:53 -0800 From: Chip Salzenberg To: "Theodore Ts'o" , Linux-Kernel mailing list , Andrea Arcangeli Subject: [PATCH] Re: FAIL: 2.2.18 + AA-VM-global-7 + serial 5.05 Message-ID: <20010101180053.D6010@valinux.com> In-Reply-To: <20001222154757.A1167@emma1.emma.line.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <20001222154757.A1167@emma1.emma.line.org>; from matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de on Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 03:47:57PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org According to Matthias Andree: > I have a vanilla 2.2.18 that I patch Andrea Arcangeli's VM-global-7 > patch (for 2.2.18pre25) on top, as well as I²C 2.5.4, the current > --12-09 IDE.2.2.18 patch and ReiserFS 3.5.28. So far, so good. If I now > patch serial 5.05 on top of that, the kernel itself detects devices, but > does nothing if it's to boot /sbin/init. ctrl-alt-del and Magic SysRq > are both functional and can reboot the machine. VA's current kernel includes VM-global and serial-5.05 (and lots of other stuff :-)). The only problem we had with serial-5.05 was its 2.2/2.4 compatibility code getting confused because 2.2.18 has more of 2.4's init macros available. Try this: Index: tty_io.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/valinux/kernel/linux/drivers/char/tty_io.c,v retrieving revision 1.2 retrieving revision 1.2.12.1 diff -u -2 -p -r1.2 -r1.2.12.1 --- tty_io.c 2000/08/30 21:33:27 1.2 +++ tty_io.c 2000/09/28 08:21:34 1.2.12.1 @@ -2185,7 +2185,4 @@ __initfunc(int tty_init(void)) espserial_init(); #endif -#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL - rs_init(); -#endif #ifdef CONFIG_COMPUTONE ip2_init(); -- Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - "Give me immortality, or give me death!" // Firesign Theatre - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/