[plug] Serial port fun

[John Breen]

On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Kai wrote:
> > > what about cat /proc/interrupts ?
> >
> > ah, that may be worth a look - when I set the machine up tomorrow :)
> 
> OK, let us know how it goes please.

will do

> 
> > > Did you check in setserial (man setserial I think) for the commonly used
> > > IRQ's for existing processes?
> >
> > Ya, it just said don't use numbers other than 2(9), 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11,
> 12
> > and 15.
> 
> Yeah, so any of those numbers for one of the ports should be fine.
> Does the manual for that card explain how to get Linux to recognise and use
> (not just "see") the controller?

manual?

oh, the piece of paper :)

nope.

> I think I used something like
> setserial uart 16550A irq ## port ##

yeah, I will give that a go tomorrow...

> that's of course minus some of the other options that go in that line,
> 'cause I haven't needed to configure any other PCI cards since then.
> Any other command something similar when I was setting up the PCI card, and
> it should be much different for the ISA?
no, i shouldn't think it would.

> 
> > Still, I'll just keep muddling along with it.  Sometimes I hate jumpered
> cards,
> > but I find they tend to be a little more trouble-free once they're working
> :)
> >
> >  --
> > Regards,
> >
> > John Breen
> >
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Regards,

John Breen

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| John Breen                                         |
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