From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.121]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D52BC10A65 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:29:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from linux1.localdomain ([66.25.35.110]) by cdptpa-omta01.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20080721042926.ESBQ21138.cdptpa-omta01.mail.rr.com@linux1.localdomain> for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:29:26 +0000 Received: by linux1.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E93DE43BFD; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:29:25 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:29:25 -0500 From: William Hubbs To: speakup mailing list Subject: floating serial ports issue fixed Message-ID: <20080721042924.GA21968@linux1> Mail-Followup-To: speakup mailing list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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 04:29:27 -0000 -----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-----