Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 May 1999 23:33:30 +1000 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Hard coding default COM3/4 IRQ. |
| |
Theodore Y. Ts'o writes: > There is a CONFIG option for doing autodetection of the IRQ, > CONFIG_SERIAL_SHARE_IRQ; you need to answer yes to > CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED to see the extra serial config options. The > problem is that it doesn't always work. I suspect that Linux folk > very often have a lot more random hardware attached to their > machines than Windows folks, and these random ISA bus cards can > confuse an autodetection algorithm.
Does this also mean that auto IRQ detection using setserial is not reliable?
BTW: what sort of confusion do you mean?
Regards,
Richard....
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |