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)
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Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 4
Hardware: athlon
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dave Jones
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-04-16 01:20 UTC by Christopher Johnson
Modified: 2015-01-04 22:26 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2006-07-29 05:53:00 UTC
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Description Christopher Johnson 2006-04-16 01:20:22 UTC 
Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


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 2006-05-29 03:57:47 UTC 
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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