Ack! Only 4 uarts with FC6!

[Dave Jones]

On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 11:26:06PM -0700, Brian Mury wrote:
 > On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 23:07 -0700, Brian Mury wrote:
 > > On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 20:39 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: 
 > > > On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 11:04:05PM -0700, Brian Mury wrote:
 > > >  > On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 17:44 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
 > > >  > > Lo these many years, the kernel parameter 8250.nr_uarts=9 has
 > > >  > 
 > > >  > I have the same problem here. My motherboard has 2 RS232 ports, and I
 > > >  
 > > > Even if you boot with the parameter Tom mentioned ?
 > > 
 > > that worked. I can access all 6 serial ports.
 > 
 > One more observation: with that kernel paramter, I no longer get the
 > graphical boot. Yes, I am still using the rhgb parameter... I don't
 > really care, I just thought it was a little odd.

That is really bizarre. After booting, what does /proc/cmdline look like?
Does it make a difference where in the commandline the rhgb is ?
	Dave

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