If a PCMCIA modem is already configured when Linux boots, it may be incorrectly identified as an ordinary
built−in serial port. This is harmless, however, when the PCMCIA drivers take control of the modem, it will
be assigned a different device slot. It is best to either parse stab or use /dev/modem, rather than expecting
a PCMCIA modem to always have the same device assignment.
If you configure your kernel to load the basic Linux serial port driver as a module, you must edit
/etc/pcmcia/config to indicate that this module must be loaded. Edit the serial device entry to read:
device "serial_cs"
class "serial" module "misc/serial", "serial_cs"
Serial device parameters
The following parameters can be defined in serial.opts:
LINK
Specifies a path for a symbolic link to be created to the ``callout'' device (e.g.,
/dev/cua* for pre−2.2, or /dev/ttyS* for 2.2 kernels).
SERIAL_OPTS
Specifies options to be passed to the setserial command.
INITTAB
If specified, this will be used to construct an inittab entry for the device.
For example:
case "$ADDRESS" in
*,*,*,*)
LINK="/dev/modem"
SERIAL_OPTS=""
INITTAB="/sbin/getty"
Comments about specific cards
• The Uniden Data 2000 Wireless CDPD card has some special dialing strings for initiating SLIP and
PPP mode. For SLIP, use ``ATDT2''; for PPP, "ATDT0".
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