Re: modem not working
On 13 Feb, this message from Claus echoed through cyberspace:
> >: However, when booting, my kernel shows two lines like:
> >: tty00 at 0x3013020 (irq=15) is a 28530 ESCC, port = modem
> >: tty01 at 0x3013000 (irq=16) is a 28530 ESCC, port = printer
> >:
> >: But when I look in /dev/, there are no tty00 and tty01. So why this kernel
> >: message? And, how can I create those when needed?
> >:
>
> calm down ;)
>
> they are there
> 23:17@pts/0 ~ > ll /dev/ttyS*
> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root dip 4, 64 Feb 13 23:14 /dev/ttyS0
> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root dip 4, 65 Jul 20 2000 /dev/ttyS1
Yep, simple naming inconsistency. There was a patch for this floating
around some time ago (it might even have been submitted to sourceforge).
But like so many useful patches, it went into the wind...
Michel
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