setserial, problem connecting: debian/woody powerpc + modem

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 09:42:44PM -0400, Kareem Shehata wrote:
> Max Blanco said:
> > # dmesg | grep tty
> > tty00 at 0xf3013020 (irq = 15) is a Z8530 ESCC; port = modem
> > tty01 at 0xf3013000 (irq = 16) is a Z8530 ESCC; port = printer
> > # setserial /dev/ttyS0
> > /dev/ttyS0 UART: unknown Port: 0xf3013020 IRQ: 15
> > # setserial /dev/ttyS1
> > /dev/ttyS1 UART: unknown Port: 0xf3013000 IRQ: 16
> 
> Maybe it's just me, but dmesg says "tty00" while you used "ttyS0" for
> setserial.  Have you tried "setserial /dev/tty00" ?  At the very least, do
> an "ls -l tty*" (which you may have to pipe through less) and see what you
> find.
> HPH!

And on an x86 it says ttyS00 and ttyS01 when the normal names in /dev are
ttyS0 and ttyS1.

/dev entries are just names for a major/minor device.  They mean nothing
other than a reference method.

Lennart Sorensen
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