From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wlym.com (static-45.wlym.com [216.12.222.45]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B41DC10A1B for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:56:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-111-192.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.111.192]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m6L6u47a002846 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:56:06 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m6L6u0QO000424 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:56:03 -0400 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.0/8.13.7/Submit) id m6L6u0S6000421; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:56:00 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18564.13056.60362.622775@ccs.covici.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:56:00 -0400 From: John covici To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: floating serial ports issue fixed In-Reply-To: <20080721042924.GA21968@linux1> References: <20080721042924.GA21968@linux1> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under Emacs 22.0.95.1 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 Precedence: list Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:56:06 -0000 If the accessibility drivers are loaded later than the serial drivers, how does speakup ever get a port at all since its already taken by the drivers? on Sunday 07/20/2008 William Hubbs(w.d.hubbs@gmail.com) wrote > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > All, > > as of this message, I made a change to the way speakup installs to > kernels 2.6.25 and lower which should fix the floating serial ports > issue when speakup and the serial driver are built into the kernel. > > The issue was that when both speakup and the 8250 serial driver were > built in, speakup would initialize first and reserve the serial port for > the synthesizer. Then, the 8250 driver would initialize and since > speakup would have one port already reserved, the 8250 driver would > renumber the ports with higher numbers to one lower than they would be > if speakup was not running. > > If you are using speakup installed into the kernel source and not > building as external modules and using a kernel before 2.6.26, you need > to start with a fresh kernel tree before doing the update. > > For 2.6.26, this should not be an issue, since the accessibility drivers > are loaded later than the serial driver. > > Thanks, > > William > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkiEEKQACgkQblQW9DDEZThYUwCfQJelIMinqoJClMGya4JRN/Vc > BkcAmQGlkTUfEF1kmSHSCjpVWaIctFxL > =aJy4 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com