Re: lirc_serial & port already in use...

[Steve D. <st...@on...>]

ste...@no... wrote:
> I check the archive and was unable to find an answer to my problem...
> 
> When I `insmod  lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8`, it fails. Then I check dmesg
> and it tells me that port is alrady in use.
> 
> But I have nothing running on the com ports....
> 
> 
> What have I missed?
> 
> I would really appreciate the help...
> 
You will either have the serial driver module loaded, or it is built into your 
kernel. Use lsmod to see if the "serial" module is loaded.

Although the docs suggest that you can tune-out the serial driver using 
"setserial" I found that recompiling a kernel with a serial module, and 
loading lirc_serial BEFORE the serial module was the only safe way to go.

Regards,
Steve
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Steve Davies                   st...@on...

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