[gentoo-user] serial port identification question

2009-12-25 Thread David Relson
My mobo has two serial ports. As reported by hwinfo they are: Serial Port 0: 0x3f8 Serial Port 1: 0x2f8 After booting the machine, dmesg indicates that tty0 is the console with message: console [tty0] enabled /dev names a multitude of tty devices, i.e. /dev/tty0, /dev/tty1, ... How

Re: [gentoo-user] serial port identification question

2009-12-25 Thread Dale
David Relson wrote: My mobo has two serial ports. As reported by hwinfo they are: Serial Port 0: 0x3f8 Serial Port 1: 0x2f8 After booting the machine, dmesg indicates that tty0 is the console with message: console [tty0] enabled /dev names a multitude of tty devices, i.e. /dev/tty0,

Re: [gentoo-user] serial port identification question

2009-12-25 Thread David Relson
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:10:46 -0600 Dale wrote: David Relson wrote: My mobo has two serial ports. As reported by hwinfo they are: Serial Port 0: 0x3f8 Serial Port 1: 0x2f8 After booting the machine, dmesg indicates that tty0 is the console with message: console

Re: [gentoo-user] serial port identification question

2009-12-25 Thread Dale
David Relson wrote: On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:10:46 -0600 Dale wrote: David Relson wrote: My mobo has two serial ports. As reported by hwinfo they are: Serial Port 0: 0x3f8 Serial Port 1: 0x2f8 After booting the machine, dmesg indicates that tty0 is the console with message:

Re: [gentoo-user] serial port identification question

2009-12-25 Thread David Relson
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:56:00 -0600 Dale wrote: ...[snip]... Are you sure you enabled this in the kernel? It is under Device Drivers Character devices Serial Drivers then enable these: * 8250/16550 and compatible serial support (4) Maximum number of 8250/16550 serial ports (4) Number