Re: Syba 8-Port Serial Card Unidentified By Kernel

From: Lennart Sorensen
Date: Tue Oct 09 2007 - 14:14:24 EST


On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 05:31:05PM -0400, Chris Bergeron wrote:
> I've just installed a multiport serial card released by an outfit called
> Syba. This is an 8 port serial-only card with an Octopus style breakout
> cable. The main chipset on it is an ITE IT8871F.

Well 8250_pci.c mentions IT8871, so it is probably 8250 style in
interface then.

> I've got two questions on this: Is there a driver I should try force
> loading on it (and if so, what options to use)? and is there any useful
> testing I can do to report back to the LKML on this card?

How many serial ports is your kernel configured to use?

CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=16
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS=4

That is from my Debian system's kernel, and it won't activate more than
4 ports automatically. It will allow up to 16 to be activated though.
I don't remember what the boot command is to override those values to
make the system look for more ports.

--
Len Sorensen
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