Re: isapnp modem in 2.6.0-test9-bk13 not working

[Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com>]

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 10:43:37PM +0000, Adam Belay wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:58:58AM +0100, ivan vadovic wrote:
> > I've got an ordinary isapnp modem which provides a serial port unlike
> > winmodems and it just happens to work under 2.4 kernels. When I boot into
> > the 2.6 kernel on the same machine, everything ( sound, ide, md, networking,
> > input devices) seems to work right but the modem. Modprobing 8250_pnp only
> > detects the 2 onboard serial ports. Am I doing anything wrong? What am I
> > supposed to test? Should I provide any more info? Please Cc me as I'm not
> > on the list.
> >
> 
> Could you try this patch.
> 
> --- a/drivers/serial/8250_pnp.c	2003-11-26 20:42:52.000000000 +0000
> +++ b/drivers/serial/8250_pnp.c	2003-12-02 22:41:04.000000000 +0000
> @@ -310,6 +310,8 @@
>  	{	"PNPCXXX",		UNKNOWN_DEV	},
>  	/* More unkown PnP modems */
>  	{	"PNPDXXX",		UNKNOWN_DEV	},
> +	/* check all devices and guess if they are modems */
> +	{	"ANYDEVS",		UNKNOWN_DEV	},
>  	{	"",			0	}
>  };
> 
> Thanks,
> Adam
> 

On second thought this isn't a very good idea because of the way the current
code enables devices on a match.  Instead I'll need the EISA ID for your modem.
You can find it by catting /proc/isapnp in 2.4 or through sysfs in 2.6.

Thanks,
Adam