On Sunday 01 June 2008 01:42:01 pm Rene Herman wrote: > We used to cry "modem" if the device _could_ be configured using a COM > address while after this change we'd only do so if it _was_ configured > using one. > > My old analog modem for example had 5 dependent sets -- the first with > the regular COM port addresses (0x3f8, 0x2f8, 0x3e8, 0x2e8) and a 5th > one listing a port range of (IIRC, something like that at least) 0x100 > to 0xff8. > > So say I'd have a PC with the regular two onboard COM ports at COM1 and > COM2 (0x3f8 and 0x2f8) and an additional serial controller providing > COM3 and COM4 (0x3e8 and 0x2e8). My modem would then be configured to > use 0x100 and this code would no longer trigger while it did use to. Ah, you're right. That scenario hadn't occurred to me. Let me see if I can figure out a way to make that work again. Bjorn -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
