Re: Help - PCMCIA card disables serial port!
On Monday 26 March 2001 13:24, Lee Bradshaw wrote:
Works now - this did the trick. Thanks.
Michael
>
> I have a Latitude CPx500, 2.2r2, and a XIRCOM RBEM56G-100. I
> had to turn on SHARE_IRQ to get the XIRCOM card working. From
> /usr/src/linux/.config:
>
> #
> # Character devices
> #
> CONFIG_VT=y
> CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_SERIAL=y
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set
> CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED=y
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_MANY_PORTS is not set
> CONFIG_SERIAL_SHARE_IRQ=y
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_DETECT_IRQ is not set
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_MULTIPORT is not set
> # CONFIG_HUB6 is not set
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
> CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
> CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
> CONFIG_PRINTER=m
> CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK=y
> CONFIG_MOUSE=y
>
> I also have to force the ethernet card into promiscuous mode to get it
> working.
>
> Before pcmcia card:
> $ cat /proc/tty/driver/serial
> serinfo:1.0 driver:4.27
> 0: uart:16550A port:3F8 irq:4 baud:9600 tx:0 rx:0
> 1: uart:unknown port:2F8 irq:3
> 2: uart:unknown port:3E8 irq:4
> 3: uart:unknown port:2E8 irq:3
>
> After inserting card:
> $ cat /proc/tty/driver/serial
> serinfo:1.0 driver:4.27
> 0: uart:16550A port:3F8 irq:4 baud:9600 tx:0 rx:0
> 1: uart:16550A port:180 irq:11 baud:9600 tx:0 rx:0 CTS|DSR
> 2: uart:unknown port:3E8 irq:4
> 3: uart:unknown port:2E8 irq:3
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