From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 15:13:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 15:12:56 -0400 Received: from cliff.mcs.anl.gov ([140.221.9.17]:3457 "EHLO mcs.anl.gov") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 15:12:51 -0400 To: miquels@cistron-office.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: serial console problems under 2.4.4/5 In-Reply-To: <9f0qoj$ttr$1@ncc1701.cistron.net> From: "Narayan Desai" Date: 29 May 2001 14:12:43 -0500 In-Reply-To: <9f0qoj$ttr$1@ncc1701.cistron.net> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Bryce Canyon) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>>>> "Mike" == Miquel van Smoorenburg writes: Mike> In article , Mike> Narayan Desai wrote: >> Hi. I have started having serial console problems in the last bunch >> of kernel releases. I have tried various 2.4.4 and 2.4.5 ac kernels >> (up to and including 2.4.5-ac4) and the problem has persisted. The >> problem is basically that serial console doesn't recieve. Mike> The serial driver now pays attention to the CREAD bit. Sysvinit Mike> clears it, so that's where it goes wrong. Mike> I don't think this change should have gone into a 'stable' Mike> kernel version. 2.5.0 would have been fine, not 2.4.4 How would I go about resetting this so that serial console worked again? thanks... -nld