On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 02:11:35PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > In Etch, /dev is managed by udev which wants to create device nodes on > the fly.
this is true for most default installs of etch, but it is not necessary. When the initrd for the kernel id build with yaird (or one uses a custom kernel without an initrd), then udev need not be installed (or it might be still be installed but it need not be started at boot, ot it might start and be configured in udev.conf to manage a directory different from /dev). None of my installed machines uses udev to manage /dev/ (and only very few of them have udev installed) For the original /dev/ttyS* problem, however, it might be that the kernel needs a boot parameter (or a parameter for the 8250 module, if a custom kernel with 8250 as module is used) to be able to see more than 4 ttyS grep UARTS /boot/config-`uname -r` CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=4 CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS=4 Even a kernel recompile might be needed if the maximum number of kernel configured uarts is too low, and it might be that the etch defaule kernel is not suitable. One can ckeck with grep ttyS /var/log/dmesg how many ttyS are recognized buy the kernel at boot (or with "dmesg|grep ttyS" after the modprobe of the 8250 module) In this moment I do not recall the exact syntax for the parametr, but a google search about "nr_uarts" might help: modinfo 8250|grep -i uarts parm: nr_uarts:Maximum number of UARTs supported. (1-4) (uint) -- Chi usa software non libero avvelena anche te. Digli di smettere. Informatica=arsenico: minime dosi in rari casi patologici, altrimenti letale. Informatica=bomba: intelligente solo per gli stupidi che ci credono. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
