The Linux Serial HOWTO
David S.Lawyer
bf347@lafn.org
original by Greg Hankins
v2.00 May 1999
This document describes serial port features other than those which
should be covered by Modem-HOWTO, PPP-HOWTO,
Serial-Programming-HOWTO, or Text-Terminal-HOWTO. It lists info on
multiport serial cards. It contains technical info about the serial
port itself in more detail than found in the above HOWTOs and should
be best for troubleshooting when the problem is the serial port
itself. It doesn't yet cover PnP serial ports but this is covered
in Modem-HOWTO. If you are dealing with a Modem, PPP (used for Internet
access on a phone line), or Text-Terminal, those HOWTOs should be
consulted first.