On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 12:28:47AM -0800, K. David Prince wrote:
> Are there any utilities that would help me identify a possible serial
> port problem? I have a NEC Versa 2000C laptop computer. It has a
> built-in modem at /dev/cua1 (0x02f8, IRQ=3, uart=16550A). The modem
> shows up fine. I ran minicom to it and it's responding to AT commands.
>
> According to the NEC website, /dev/cua0 should be the serial port (0x03f8h,
> irq=4, 16550). Since the uart for the modem is an "A", I suspect the website
> may have to data wrong and it too should be an "A" for the serial port.
They are all As these days. Either NS16550AFN (there was a suffixless
version, then each suffix was added in turn), or the newer name
PC16550A.
> Using the setserial command, I tried to auto config this port (using this
> method leaves the uart as "unknown"), and I tried to set it manually. In
> both cases, I get errors when I try to attach AX.25 to this port.
What error is it?
Don't use /dev/cuaX; they are obselete. Use /dev/ttySX instead.
Linux 2.2 does not support /dev/cuaX any more.
Hamish
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