From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ipmail04.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail04.adl6.internode.on.net [150.101.137.141]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC97CC1A13F for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:03:12 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ak8JAD5EH0920Ncg/2dsb2JhbABChQmoJoEFgQaBcgEBBCQzKBMDGgImAjsOAgEmh3yYbY4Lkl+HbQILAxkGBQcCAwGDWAEFBAUHAQEmggYMgQoEp30 Received: from ppp118-208-215-32.lns20.hba1.internode.on.net (HELO localhost) ([118.208.215.32]) by ipmail04.adl6.internode.on.net with SMTP; 25 Jan 2012 10:33:10 +1030 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:03:10 +1000 From: pj@pjb.com.au To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailer: mail.pl Subject: Re: Speakup and serial adapter cards Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: pj@pjb.com.au, "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: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:03:13 -0000 Michael Whapples wrote: > For some odd reason the Asus system board I have recently bought > seems to have the serial port controller built in (Windows shows > a serial port device in device manager for COM1) but Asus didn't > feel the need to either provide the actual port or the pin header That would be a very difficult quirk for a kernel module to auto-detect. Perhaps there should be a module-parameter able to specify a ttyS0-style, PCI, or USB port ? Peter Billam http://www.pjb.com.au pj@pjb.com.au (03) 6278 9410 "Follow the charge, not the particle." -- Richard Feynman from The Theory of Positrons, Physical Review, 1949