360453 – sys-apps/serial: /etc/init.d/serial only tries to load old "serial" module

Bug 360453 - sys-apps/serial: /etc/init.d/serial only tries to load old "serial" module

Summary: sys-apps/serial: /etc/init.d/serial only tries to load old "serial" module

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal minor
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2011-03-25 17:43 UTC by Róbert Čerňanský
Modified:	2011-04-07 05:36 UTC (History)
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emerge --info output (emerge-info,6.07 KB, text/plain) 2011-03-25 17:43 UTC, Róbert Čerňanský	Details
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Description Róbert Čerňanský 2011-03-25 17:43:15 UTC

Created attachment 267203 [details]
emerge --info output

Init script /etc/init.d/serial owned by sys-apps/setserial-2.17-r4 tries to load a kernel module for serial port support.

It loads module “serial” but to my knowledge there is no such module for serial port in linux.  The most standard module, for on-board serial ports is “8250” (which autoloads the “serial_core” module as dependency).

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2011-04-07 05:36:48 UTC

ive dropped the modprobe.  there are too many drivers to cater to.