Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Mar 2001 17:56:47 +0100 (CET) | From | Pau <> | Subject | Re: PCMCIA serial CardBus support vanished in 2.4.3-pre3 and later |
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On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Alessandro Suardi wrote: > > > > 2.4.3-pre3 and synced-up versions of the -ac series remove support for > > PCMCIA serial CardBus. In drivers/char/pcmcia the Makefile and Config.in > > files are modified to exclude serial_cb and the serial_cb.c file itself > > is removed by the patch. As a net result, my Xircom modem port becomes > > invisible to the kernel and I can't dial out through it. > > The regular serial.c should handle it natively. Just make sure you have > CONFIG_SERIAL enabled, along with hotplugging support etc.
In fact it does. I discovered it last weekend when my modem -them same one than Alessandro's- stopped working.
Removing "alias char-major-4 serial_cb" from modules.conf did the trick and the serial driver worked flawlessly. Modules serial got loaded instead.
Pau
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