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Re: Modem on irq 5



Hi,

You need to use setserial, either manually or in /etc/rc.d/rc.serial. This
program sets the serial line parameters, e.g. irq, baud rate. I use it to
configure a modem to use irq 7. Read the man page for the required parameters.

Gilad.  

>hi,
>
>I configured my modem to work with IRQ 5 instead of IRQ 4 on COM3,
>this give me the option to work simoltany on all serial lines (1-mouse,
>2-1st modem, 3-2nd modem) under M$-WINDOW$.
>BUT under linux the boot said : "tty02 at 0x3e8 (irq = 4) is a 16450"
>and this just doesn't work.
>
>How can I tell the kernal that 0x3e8 is IRQ 5 not 4 ? any ideas ?
>
>TIA,
>
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