Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755836AbXJIT0T (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:26:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752773AbXJIT0L (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:26:11 -0400 Received: from client062.sevenl.net ([66.241.137.62]:2464 "EHLO pcburn.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752114AbXJIT0K (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:26:10 -0400 Message-ID: <470BD5C1.4010804@pcburn.com> Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:25:53 -0400 From: Chris Bergeron Reply-To: chris@pcburn.com Organization: PCBurn Media User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070828) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lennart Sorensen CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Syba 8-Port Serial Card Unidentified By Kernel References: <4706AD19.4040605@pcburn.com> <20071009181413.GD4003@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> In-Reply-To: <20071009181413.GD4003@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1465 Lines: 35 Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 05:31:05PM -0400, Chris Bergeron wrote: > >> I've just installed a multiport serial card released by an outfit called >> Syba. This is an 8 port serial-only card with an Octopus style breakout >> cable. The main chipset on it is an ITE IT8871F. >> > > Well 8250_pci.c mentions IT8871, so it is probably 8250 style in > interface then. > > That's what I had thought too after a quick LKML search. Doing a bit more research (I'm starting to think the IT8871F on the chip is misleading) it looks like that support is for a single parallel multi I/O card (with the other 887x cards being serial/parport PCI cards). >> I've got two questions on this: Is there a driver I should try force >> loading on it (and if so, what options to use)? and is there any useful >> testing I can do to report back to the LKML on this card? >> > > How many serial ports is your kernel configured to use? > The kernel I'm using has 16 for both the NR_UARTS and RUNTIME_UARTS (these machines generally have a minimum of 4 ports). dmesg doesn't show the kernel as recognizing the card and only ttyS0 and ttyS1 (the two onboard ports) show up on boot. -- Chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/