From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 14:46:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 14:45:45 -0400 Received: from ncc1701.cistron.net ([195.64.68.38]:35078 "EHLO ncc1701.cistron.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 14:45:41 -0400 From: miquels@cistron-office.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg) Subject: Re: serial console problems under 2.4.4/5 Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 18:45:39 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Cistron Internet Services B.V. Message-ID: <9f0qoj$ttr$1@ncc1701.cistron.net> In-Reply-To: X-Trace: ncc1701.cistron.net 991161939 30651 195.64.65.67 (29 May 2001 18:45:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@cistron.nl X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test75 (Feb 13, 2001) Originator: miquels@cistron-office.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article , Narayan Desai wrote: >Hi. I have started having serial console problems in the last bunch of >kernel releases. I have tried various 2.4.4 and 2.4.5 ac kernels (up >to and including 2.4.5-ac4) and the problem has persisted. The problem >is basically that serial console doesn't recieve. The serial driver now pays attention to the CREAD bit. Sysvinit clears it, so that's where it goes wrong. I don't think this change should have gone into a 'stable' kernel version. 2.5.0 would have been fine, not 2.4.4 Mike.