Comment 7 for bug 217659

Hi,

I did the procedure as you described - installing linux-image-2.6.25-1-generic. It is still crashing when i plug in the card.
I am currently trying to capture the crash message via a null modem cable and "console=ttyS0,9600n8 console=tty0" kernel parameter but everytime
the Serial driver initializes, the serial data output gets garbled - just a bunch of question marks in a circle(diamond?) get sent after this. Here is an example:

[ 2.400649] io scheduler deadline registered
[ 2.404983] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[ 2.409824] pci 0000:02:08.0: Firmware left e100 interrupts enabled; disabling
[ 2.417638] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
[ 2.775099] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.826858] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[ 2.834838] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a NS16550A
[ 2.843007] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a NS16550A
���������������������������������������������������������

From here on minicom just receives the � character until the machine is rebooted.

Any idea on how to disable the serial driver besides recompiling the kernel?