Ossama Othman writes: >Hi, > >> Ever since I switched to the dev kernel, I've had the following >> message on boot: >> >> TIOCSER?WILD ioctl obsolete, ignored >> >> I doesn't sound dangerous or anything, but a boot error just doesn't >> look good. So does anyone know how I could fix this? Is it a bug, just >> like the SIOCADDR thingy? > >It was my understanding that the SIOCADDR boot error was not a bug in the >kernel since the dev kernel now sets up routing automatically and an >explicit call to "route" is no longer needed. Perhaps your TIOCSER* >problem is related. Check out the Documentation directory in your kernel >source directory. It may contain files that explain the error/warning.
I've noticed now that the message has something to do with the serial ports. I find nothing in the kernel docs. What file(s) in init.d (or elsewhere) do stuff with the serial ports? I do not use the serial ports, as I don't have a modem connection nor a serial mouse.
