Ronald G Minnich wrote:
On Tue, 2 May 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote:
- you need to initialize the mobo serial ports. For example on a Via
mobo, you need to set up the serial plug-n-play PCI config registers, otherwise the serial ports power up in a disabled state.
will turning on the plug and play support in linux be sufficient?
Nope... plug-n-play support depends on BIOS setup of a data area and PnP interface, AFAICS.
It depends on the hardware how much init you need for the legacy ISA devices like the serial ports. I mentioned "plug-n-play" in the message above only because that is the name for the Via-specific PCI config registers which determine the IRQ and I/O address of each serial port. It has only the slightest thing to do with BIOS<->OS Plug-n-Play interface.
Given your other message I would have thought this was a moot point? You seemed to imply that sercons was working... :)