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> Condition A.  the 16550's are usable directly  from linux as 16550's
>   Configure them with setserial.  If the shared interrupt is a problem, see
> the setserial man page.

> Conditiion B.
> Linux needs to talk to the 71051.  Thats seriously different.
> Whats the strategy ?
> copy serial.c and serial.h to some other filenames,
> give them a new device major number,
> go through and strip out access to 8250/16450/16550 uarts, and replace with
> the emulation code, as needed.

> >  Any helps will be appreciated.
> >  Regards,
> >  Manoj

> Condition A.  the 16550's are usable directly  from linux as 16550's
>   Configure them with setserial.  If the shared interrupt is a problem, see
> the setserial man page.

> Conditiion B.
> Linux needs to talk to the 71051.  Thats seriously different.
> Whats the strategy ?
> copy serial.c and serial.h to some other filenames,
> give them a new device major number,
> go through and strip out access to 8250/16450/16550 uarts, and replace with
> the emulation code, as needed.

> >  Any helps will be appreciated.
> >  Regards,
> >  Manoj

> For condition A,i tried setting
> setserial /dev/ttyT1 port 0x200 irq 9
> I am getting message like
> /dev/ttyT1 : No such device or directory

> So i tried

> 1. cd /dev
> 2. ./MAKEDEV ttyT1(this has created an entry in /dev)
> 3. setserial /dev/ttyT1 port 0x200 irq 9
> Again same message
> /dev/ttyT1 : No such device or directory
> Any idea why is it so?

> Condition B(To support uPD71051),i got a ray of light.
> I will try it after configuring, PC16550D chip in my isa card.

> Thanks

>>>Hi,
>>> I am a new person in linux device driver area.
>>> I have insalled Redhat linux 9,and i have a custom
>>> ISA card(2 serial port conrollers PC16550D,uPD
>>> 71051).Also i have with me lynxOS driver source code
>>> for this card.
>>> How can i make this card configured in Redhat linux ?
>>> Do i need to modify,serial.c  for recognising this
>>> card ?

>>Condition A.  the 16550's are usable directly  from linux as 16550's
>>  Configure them with setserial.  If the shared interrupt is a problem, see
>>the setserial man page.

>>Conditiion B.
>>Linux needs to talk to the 71051.  Thats seriously different.
>>Whats the strategy ?
>>copy serial.c and serial.h to some other filenames,
>>give them a new device major number,
>>go through and strip out access to 8250/16450/16550 uarts, and replace with
>>the emulation code, as needed.

>>> Any helps will be appreciated.
>>> Regards,
>>> Manoj