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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:13:49 -0500
From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
CC: Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       Russell King <rmk+serial@arm.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Problem with PPPD on dialup with 2.6.11-bk1 and later; 2.6.11
   is OK
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Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>>Stephen Hemminger also wrote: (Someting's busted with serial in 2.6.11 latest)
>>
>>>Some checkin since 2.6.11 has caused the serial driver to
>>>drop characters.  Console output is chopped and messages are garbled.
>>>Even the shell prompt gets truncated.
> 
> 
>>Searching lkml archive, I found:
>>http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111031501416334&w=2
>>
>>I also found that reverting that patch made the problem go away for 2.6.11-bk1.
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, this patch is the problem. A fix showed up today.
> Current kernels work fine, thanks.

Could someone who has the patch broken out send it to -stable? Serial 
not working is a non-trivial issue given the number of people who use 
dialup either full time or as a fallback connection.

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    -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
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