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Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:49:08 +0000
From:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
To:	akennedy@...hmoninc.com
Cc:	Alan <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Serial console issues.

On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 05:39:22PM -0700, akennedy@...hmoninc.com wrote:
> Well, this is the most bastardized sucker I've ever seen. . . I have had
> no end of trouble with it (couldn't even get a boot loader to work with
> it - had to write my own).  And, as luck would have it, the serial port
> is no different.  Using setserial, I changed the type of this port to a
> 16550A and all my problems went away.  The question now remains:  How
> can I FORCE the Linux serial driver to see this as a 16550A -- As I
> before stated, I know that this has a 16-byte buffer.  Therefore, the
> 16750 with its mammoth buffer size is killing this serial port.  Short
> of modifying the kernel (which I'd rather not do) or including the
> setserial with the kernel image (also I'd rather not do as I only have
> 2.3 MB of storage on this device) I need a command line parameter to
> control the serial line -- is there one?  A build option?  PLEASE
> SOMETHING???

No.  Use setserial which is a small tool to achieve what you require.

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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