Re: [ros-dev] serial driver bug

[Robert Köpferl]

Be aware that it makes a difference  wether you have got a so called 
multi serial card or  several plain old serial HW. I may be wrong, but 
isn't 4 the limit. Due to 'reserved' ports for that kind of HW?

Royce Mitchell III wrote:
>   
> > >   
> > Existing infrastructure doesn't create any symbolic links to com 
> >  port.(At least on my machine...)
> >  So, I can't see how we can break things by creating "COM1" alias for 
> >  COM1.
> >  COM3 and COM4 aliases still point to COM1 and COM2, and this can 
> >  really break debug output and serial mouse.
> >  Just renaming symbolic links can't solve the problem. In my opinion, 
> >  the right solution is to disable COM1 and COM2 at all,
> >  and make COM3 and COM4 symbolic links point to real COM3 and COM4. So, 
> >  I will be able to hack on serial driver
> >  without touching debug output :)
> >  
>  I've got a machine at work with... hmm... 6 or 8 serial ports... 
>  something like that... I'd be happy to test it if somebody thinks it's 
>  ready. If you want I'll give you details on exactly what hardware it is 
>  when I get there today.
>  
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