Is there any other real way to detect these? I were wondering if maybe there is a pci sub-class code for PCI to ISA bridges like there is for the 8259 and 8254.
thank you
Any other ways to detect COM ports beside probing and ACPI?
Any other ways to detect COM ports beside probing and ACPI?
Currently, I have found that the legacy_devices flag in the acpi boot_arch table does not always seem to be accurate. In say 90% of machines, it is.. but sometimes not.
Is there any other real way to detect these? I were wondering if maybe there is a pci sub-class code for PCI to ISA bridges like there is for the 8259 and 8254.
thank you
Is there any other real way to detect these? I were wondering if maybe there is a pci sub-class code for PCI to ISA bridges like there is for the 8259 and 8254.
thank you
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Re: Any other ways to detect COM ports beside probing and AC
How about the BDA?
Re: Any other ways to detect COM ports beside probing and AC
wow I don't know how I ever missed that. thank you.darkinsanity wrote:How about the BDA?