On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 09:42:15AM -0600, Lukasz Szybalski wrote: > maximilian attems wrote: > > > >$ egrep NR_UARTS /boot/config-2.6.24-rc7-amd64 > >CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=16 > > > >$ egrep RUNTIME_UARTS /boot/config-2.6.24-rc7-amd64 > >CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS=4 > > > >This can be overridden with the module parameter "nr_uarts", or > >boot-time parameter 8250.nr_uarts. > > > >up to 16 evidently > > > > > > Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled > > I edited /boot/grub/menu.lst and change the following lines by adding > the 8250.nr_uarts=16 at the end of kernel option. > > title Debian GNU/Linux, > kernel 2.6.18-5-686 root (hd0,1) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/sda2 ro 8250.nr_uarts=16 > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686 > savedefault
that is _not_ the recommended way. add the bootparam to koopt and run update-grub. your setting above will be overwritten soon. > Now I've got: > Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 16 ports, IRQ sharing enabled > > Just for the my info. Is there a setting I could pass on boot time to > increase the max number of serial ports and then set my 8250.nr_uarts=16 > to let say 20. you start greeedy, the first question was to get 9 devices, currently no. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
