Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit hi if the status of one serial device is not present but functional, it's driver is not be loaded on boot, and the device are not be startup , yes or noï¼? and my question is when is the status of device not present but functional. After adding a serial device(e.g. ttyS0) on the /etc/inittab, when booting the kernel, is the status of the device not present but functional? -- 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