Re: char-major-5

[mheyes@lincolnfp.com]

I checked to make sure, and I did have "standard/generic (dump) serial support"
compiled into the kernel, but it was compiled in and not a module. I tried
compiling it as a module, which generated the serial.o file you mentioned below
in /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc, and the message/problem went away. So, is this a
bug? If support is compiled in the kernel, why would it try to load a module?

One other char-major problem. When I start my ppp session with pon, I get a
"Can't locate module char-major-108". The session works ok. I tried compiling
ppp as a module instead of in the kernel (it worked with char-major-5), but that
didn't solve anything. I did modprobe -c, but the I could only find "alias
char-major-107 3dfx", no -108 anywhere.

Do you know what char-major-108 is supposed to be? Is it part of ppp?

Thanks,

Michael Heyes











Martin Fluch <fluch@rock.helsinki.fi> on 11/23/99 12:56:35 PM

To:   Mike Heyes/LincolnFP/BerisfordPlc@BerisfordPlc
cc:   debian-user@lists.debian.org

Subject:  Re: char-module-5




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On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 mheyes@lincolnfp.com wrote:

> I think I have support compiled in; using make xconfig, under
> Character Devices, I selected support for console on virtual terminal,
> and didn't select support for console on serial port. la -la shows
> /dev/console. I did modprobe -c and it showed "alias char-major-5
> serial".

It seems to me that you didnt compile in "standard/generic (dump) serial
support" (CONFIG_SERIAL) ... if you compile it as an module, you get the
module serial.o,  see the help text to this option or
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt.

> I do get console messages on the x-console window. Does the "alias
> char-major-5 serial" from modprobe mean that the messages are (also)
> being set to a serial port (like /dev/tty0)?
>
> [...]

Martin

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