Detect serial connection during boot

Hi I would like to make an check during boot up that would detect if I have a serial connection is connected. Is this possible to create? could use some *ioctl**(* ()to check the DTR/RTS and could I somehow integrate this with Grub so if a serial connection is detected the kernel is started in fa

Re: Long startup time with 2.6.18-4-ixp4xx on NSLU

hi found the error my hwclock i could not be set so i change the battery and now it works great. The fsck did not work but thaks for the help. I added a small how to in the http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Debian/HomePage about long startup time and

Long startup time with 2.6.18-4-ixp4xx on NSLU

It takes 15 minute or my Nslu to boot up with debian 2.6.18-4-ixp4xx what may causes this problem? how can i debug this probelm?

Re: NSLU2 Huawei E220 modem “unusual_devs.h

Solved First I try to solve my problem with the patch for unusual_devs.h and usb-serial.h I got it to work but not all the times only sometimes the ttyUSB0 worked. Possible have I done something wrong with the compilation of the modules or I have the same problems as Razvan Dragomirescu had earlie

NSLU2 Huawei E220 modem “unusual_devs.h"

Hi Have anybody successfully got the Huawei e220 HSPDA modem working with NSLU2? The problem seems to be that it gets detected as a mass storage device because of the windows drive that's are included in the device. The solutions should be add the Huawei to "unusual_devs.h". How do you add Huawei