Hello gurus,
Trying to get Linux to see my serial card. It's a ExpresCard920 from
PacificCommware. ISA board that works with IRQs 3,4,5,9,10,11,12,15 and a
base address range of 0100h-03f8h. UART is a 16C750. The Win98
configuration (which is PnP) is: I/O 03E8-03EF and IRQ 5
Went to their page to see what they had to say about Linux installs and it
wasn't much. Basically gave some requirements and a list of links as so:
Requirements
The TurboExpress Port 920 serial port board can be installed and used with
the current version of the Linux operating system.
This requires:
- Kernel version 2.1.53 (16750 UART support in serial.c) or later
- Setserial 2.14 or later (to get support for the 16750 UART )
- Isapnp 1.17 or later (to make it possible to install the Plug and Play
TurboExpress Port)
Resources
Utilities for setting up and using the card can be found at:
kernel http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/v2.1/linux-2.1.130.tar.gz
setserial 2.14
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/Linux/system/serial/setserial-2.14
.tar.gz
isapnp 1.17
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/hardware/isapnptools-1.17.bin.tgz
(Checked out the versions I have installed...all are up to date and within
the requirements as specified by PCW.)
I checked out an article in Linux Journal on installing PnP devices.
Example used was for a soundcard. Do a pnpdump, edit the isapnp.conf file
for the desired settings, then load it. Also said something about loading a
module. I did the pnpdump, edited the conf file to what I thought was right
but got errors about allocating the memory. Apparently I'm not editing the
file correctly. As far as loading a module goes, I'm not sure how to do
this or even what module I would need.
Anyone have any ideas about how I should go about setting this up? All I'm
trying now is different settings in the isapnp.conf file until I can get
one that doesn't give me an error. Completely lost on whether or not I need
to load a module.
Thanks,
Jim
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