Re: 2.4.50 - 8250_cs does NOT work

David Woodhouse
2002-10-07T08:29:02Z

rmk@arm.linux.org.uk said:
> > If i load the 8250_cs module, I get _nothing_ at all. No text in
> > system logs, nothing. Modem doesn't respond under the old /dev/ttyS1,
> > I've tried all other /dev/ttySx's to see if it hasn't been remapped.
> > Unfortunately, no.
> >
> > Is there anything else I can try? I really need my modem back...

> Known problem. I've sent a fix to someone else for it but iirc they
> never came back. The following patch is completely untested - I'm
> still trying to get 2.5.40 to build at present.

Doesn't compile. ALPHA_KLUDGE_MCR undefined. That crap in the generic 8250
code should go away in favour of some mask bits set by the platform-specific
code when it registers the ports. You probably want to set the default _and_
the permitted bits that way.

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