Re: Christmas list for the kernel

[Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 12:21:27PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
> serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
> Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 2 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
> ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
> ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
> ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
> 
> I had posted about this before, but it was apparently lost in the lists
> general noise.   I do use both ports here, and they are working, so I
> hadn't pursued it further.

So has the answer.  I've answered this twice today, and several times
in bugzilla.  It's one reason why these lines are now prefixed with
"serial8250" - that being the struct device to which they end up being
associated with.  (defaulting to "serial8250" for power management
purposes if no other exists.)

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Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
 maintainer of:  2.6 Serial core