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Subject: Re: Serial port woes
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> Jim King wrote:
> 
> I removed COM_MULTIPORT from my kernel config.  With a GPS receiver
> connected to COM2 and driving ntpd I still get a solid lockup after 6
> hours or so.  Any suggestions on where to start looking at this?  I'm
> about ready to take the nuclear solution and replace the AS200 with an
> Intel box.

FWIW, I used to get this on a PWS 433, whenever I used it for Internet
access over a modem. The solution was to avoid using the serial port.

Dermot


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