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From: Alex Nash <alex@zen.nash.org>
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Subject: RE: Cyclades Cyclom 8Yo - kernel config and mknod ?
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> I figured I needed to set sio#, because all of the handbook and FAQ 
> examples for multiport serial cards were messing with sio.

Most multiport cards are just a bunch of National Semiconductor
8250/16x50 chips stuffed onto a single board, thus they use the sio
driver.  The Cyclades board has a different chip set, one which sio
doesn't know about.

Alex