On 13 Feb, this message from Claus echoed through cyberspace: > >: However, when booting, my kernel shows two lines like: > >: tty00 at 0x3013020 (irq=15) is a 28530 ESCC, port = modem > >: tty01 at 0x3013000 (irq=16) is a 28530 ESCC, port = printer > >: > >: But when I look in /dev/, there are no tty00 and tty01. So why this kernel > >: message? And, how can I create those when needed? > >: > > calm down ;) > > they are there > 23:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/0 ~ > ll /dev/ttyS* > 0 crw-rw---- 1 root dip 4, 64 Feb 13 23:14 /dev/ttyS0 > 0 crw-rw---- 1 root dip 4, 65 Jul 20 2000 /dev/ttyS1
Yep, simple naming inconsistency. There was a patch for this floating around some time ago (it might even have been submitted to sourceforge). But like so many useful patches, it went into the wind... Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "