Re: serial.c patch in 2.3.19

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:41:59 +0100 (BST)


> Do you know who added the following patch in 2.3.19
> and what its purpose is?

It stops the serial driver from freeing resources it doesnt have

> setserial /dev/ttySx port 0 seems to be the only way
> to convince serial to give up a particular port.

It probably needs to distinguish the two cases.

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