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Re: reconfiguring a serial port -- please help



Dan Willard writes:
> Does linux allow you set i/o and interrupts for each serial port?

Yes.  Setserial will accept any combination of port, address, and interrupt
that your hardware will support.  man setserial.

> Win/dos has a tendecy to share com1/com3 and com2/com4 in a way that you
> can't use paired coms at the same time.

This is a BIOS limitation.  Linux doesn't use the BIOS.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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