I have been able to answer my own question. For those interested:
You can add kernel boot options to /boot/grub/menu.lst such as: nr_uarts=8 8250.nr_uarts=8
then run update-grub to insert the option into the boot items.
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Patrick Zaloum <
pzaloum@gmail.com> wrote:
How can I increase the number of ports defined for the serial driver from 4 in etchr2 without recompiling the kernel?