hi,
if the 2.2.5 (6.2 SuSE's) or 2.2.12 kernel (standard Linus' kernel, no
extension) is compiled with support in the kernel for serial, and a module
is also afterwards created with serial support
(/lib/modules/2.2.*/misc/serial.o), and if something loads that module (I
have seen SuSE's boot script do that, or maybe it's done automagically by
kmod, haven't investigated), then the serial module succeeds the loading,
and then serial ports are completely unavailable (I/O error when opening
them).
Of course, the error is avoidable by not having simultaneously a module
and a kernel support. However, how can the module load, allocate IRQ, etc,
without any problem ? Shouldn't it at least fail when he tries to
allocate the major/minor ? Something puzzles me here.
I have not yet tried 2.2.13, sorry.
Feel free to request more details to me.
have a nice day.
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