@@ -147,13 +147,7 @@ or::
run the driver. If you prefer module driver, please refer to 3.4.
If static driver is required, please refer to 3.5.
-Dialin and callout port
------------------------
-
- This driver remains traditional serial device properties. There are
- two special file name for each serial port. One is dial-in port
- which is named "ttyMxx". For callout port, the naming convention
- is "cumxx".
+ The device node is named "ttyMxx".
Device naming when more than 2 boards installed
-----------------------------------------------
@@ -161,18 +155,13 @@ Device naming when more than 2 boards installed
Naming convention for each Smartio/Industio multiport board is
pre-defined as below.
- ============ =============== ==============
- Board Num. Dial-in Port Callout port
- 1st board ttyM0 - ttyM7 cum0 - cum7
- 2nd board ttyM8 - ttyM15 cum8 - cum15
- 3rd board ttyM16 - ttyM23 cum16 - cum23
- 4th board ttyM24 - ttym31 cum24 - cum31
- ============ =============== ==============
-
-.. note::
-
- Under Kernel 2.6 and upper, the cum Device is Obsolete. So use ttyM*
- device instead.
+ ============ ===============
+ Board Num. Device node
+ 1st board ttyM0 - ttyM7
+ 2nd board ttyM8 - ttyM15
+ 3rd board ttyM16 - ttyM23
+ 4th board ttyM24 - ttyM31
+ ============ ===============
3.4 Module driver configuration
===============================
@@ -204,13 +193,10 @@ Device naming when more than 2 boards installed
# cd /moxa/mxser/driver
# ./msmknod
- This shell script will require the major number for dial-in
- device and callout device to create tty device. You also need
- to specify the total installed MOXA board number. Default major
- numbers for dial-in device and callout device are 30, 35. If
- you need to change to other number, please refer section "3.7"
- for more detailed procedure.
- Msmknod will delete any special files occupying the same device
+ This shell script will require the major number for the device. You also
+ need to specify the total installed MOXA board number. If you need to
+ change to other number, please refer section "3.7" for more detailed
+ procedure. Msmknod will delete any special files occupying the same device
naming.
3.4.2 Build the MOXA driver and utilities
@@ -516,11 +502,3 @@ msterm - Terminal Emulation
Load Moxa driver fail, the major number may conflict with other devices.
Please refer to previous section 3.7 to change a free major number for
Moxa driver.
-
- Error msg:
- Couldn't install MOXA Smartio/Industio family callout driver!
-
- Solution:
- Load Moxa callout driver fail, the callout device major number may
- conflict with other devices. Please refer to previous section 3.7 to
- change a free callout device major number for Moxa driver.
Callout devices are ancient history, so remove its traces from mxser's documentation. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> --- .../driver-api/serial/moxa-smartio.rst | 46 +++++-------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)