Bug 189094 – kernel-2.6.16-1.2069_FC4 breaks serial port registration (non-win modem)

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Bug 189094 - kernel-2.6.16-1.2069_FC4 breaks serial port registration (non-win modem)

Summary:	kernel-2.6.16-1.2069_FC4 breaks serial port registration (non-win modem)

Status:	CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	4
Hardware:	athlon Linux

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Assigned To:	Dave Jones
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Reported:	2006-04-15 21:20 EDT by Christopher Johnson
Modified:	2015-01-04 17:26 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2006-07-29 01:53:00 EDT
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Description Christopher Johnson 2006-04-15 21:20:22 EDT

Description of problem:


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Steps to Reproduce:
1.Upgrade kernel to 2.6.16-1.2069_FC4
2.Reboot
3.Kernel is unable to register serial port for modem
  
Actual results:
Apr 15 18:37:00 freedom kernel: Couldn't register serial port 0000:00:0a.0: -28

Expected results:
Apr 15 20:38:14 freedom kernel: ttyS14 at I/O 0xc000 (irq = 5) is a 16550A

Additional info:

lspci -v -s 00:0a.0
00:0a.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems Venus Modem (V90, 56KFlex)
        Subsystem: Actiontec Electronics Inc: Unknown device 0480
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
        Memory at ef001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        I/O ports at c000 [size=256]
        I/O ports at c400 [size=256]
        I/O ports at c800 [size=8]

        Capabilities: [f8] Power Management version 2

udev-071-0.FC4.3
By reverting to kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4 the modem's serial port is registered.

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2006-05-28 23:57:47 EDT

how many serial ports do you have ?
If you boot with 8250.nr_uarts=8 (or however many), does it start working again?

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