From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965144AbWFTHuI (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:50:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965139AbWFTHuH (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:50:07 -0400 Received: from web52906.mail.yahoo.com ([206.190.49.16]:15481 "HELO web52906.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S965144AbWFTHuG (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:50:06 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=LTH9JpA6L8OfMUKlgjvlo6qP6MRCP7Yh0g8aaoZ1ecWsLjylL94SGIwnyoGKNRvqb98EnzmXe/WnQRReTNDPsCY8Fy1KlqXVGbx2JPUMGsYscfZQLsm99oTl7RceIiuu+7vOLjvtyfJnYOcAmFq5kmr8hD0cI/fI+dAdE77IyzY= ; Message-ID: <20060620075004.85981.qmail@web52906.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:50:04 +0100 (BST) From: Chris Rankin Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.17: IRQ handler mismatch in serial code? To: Adam Belay , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060620010011.GA25527@neo.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --- Adam Belay wrote: > Yes, if a driver is available for the device, it will enable it regardless of > the initial state. Most manual BIOS configuration options don't actually > disable the device in the commonly understood sense. Rather, they tell the > BIOS not to waste any time configuring the device, as the operating system > is fully capable of doing so. On operating systems that aren't PnP capable > these options might have a greater effect. OK, but I really do need that IRQ for the network card, and don't need that serial device on the motherboard. So how can I tell Linux not to activate it, please? Thanks, Chris ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html