I have a PCI card with OXmPCI954 chip - four UARTs for RS 232.
When I connect to ttyS4 or ttyS5 port null modem cable and connect together pins 2 and 3 (TxD with RxD) and give command
cat </dev/ttyS5
I got kernel stop working.
Kernel / Ubuntu version:
Linux version 2.6.38-11-generic-pae (buildd@zirconium) (gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) ) #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 22:21:04 UTC 2011 (Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic-pae 2.6.38.8)
I also cannot get it working when connected to onboard 16550A UARTs via cat and echo commands pair.
The card is initialized like there:
[ 0.300502] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[ 0.341799] 00:08: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 0.428855] 00:09: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[ 0.448363] serial 0000:00:08.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 0.448486] ttyS4: detected caps 00000700 should be 00000500
[ 0.448496] 0000:00:08.0: ttyS4 at I/O 0xdc00 (irq = 19) is a 16C950/954
[ 0.448608] ttyS5: detected caps 00000700 should be 00000500
[ 0.448614] 0000:00:08.0: ttyS5 at I/O 0xdc08 (irq = 19) is a 16C950/954
[ 0.448719] ttyS6: detected caps 00000700 should be 00000500
[ 0.448726] 0000:00:08.0: ttyS6 at I/O 0xdc10 (irq = 19) is a 16C950/954
[ 0.448829] ttyS7: detected caps 00000700 should be 00000500
[ 0.448836] 0000:00:08.0: ttyS7 at I/O 0xdc18 (irq = 19) is a 16C950/954
And after this cat from port this shows up in kernel.log:
[ 135.803584] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000009c
[ 135.803985] IP: [<c1336679>] uart_dtr_rts+0x79/0x130
[ 135.804264] *pdpt = 000000002bff0001 *pde = 000000002d047067 *pte = 0000000000000000
[ 135.804703] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
[ 135.804895] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/virtual/sound/timer/uevent
[ 135.805224] Modules linked in: cryptd aes_i586 aes_generic vesafb snd_emu10k1_synth snd_emux_synth snd_seq_virmidi snd_seq_midi_emul snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_emu10k1 snd_hda_intel snd_via82xx snd_hda_codec snd_ac97_codec arc4 ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_mpu401_uart ath5k snd_util_mem snd_hwdep snd_seq_midi ath binfmt_misc snd_rawmidi mac80211 ppdev snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq i2c_viapro via_ircc fglrx(P) snd_timer irda snd_seq_device cfg80211 snd_page_alloc snd crc_ccitt emu10k1_gp parport_pc shpchp soundcore gameport lp parport hid_a4tech usbhid hid pata_via floppy
[ 135.806725]
[ 135.806725] Pid: 1782, comm: bash Tainted: P 2.6.38-11-generic-pae #50-Ubuntu MSI MS-6712/MS-6712
[ 135.806725] EIP: 0060:[<c1336679>] EFLAGS: 00010286 CPU: 0
[ 135.806725] EIP is at uart_dtr_rts+0x79/0x130
[ 135.806725] EAX: c179dc80 EBX: c19502e4 ECX: 00000000 EDX: ffffffff
[ 135.806725] ESI: f598c334 EDI: 00000000 EBP: ec57fd78 ESP: ec57fd6c
[ 135.806725] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068
[ 135.806725] Process bash (pid: 1782, ti=ec57e000 task=f1d2d860 task.ti=ec57e000)
[ 135.806725] Stack:
[ 135.806725] f598c334 f0dac800 f1d2d860 ec57fdc4 c1322a44 f598c33c 00000000 f598c348
[ 135.806725] ebfe1b40 ec57fd9c 00000060 c19502e4 f598c334 fffffff4 00000000 f1d2d860
[ 135.806725] c1076dd0 ec57fdb0 ec57fdb0 f598c334 f0dac800 ebfe1b40 ec57fde8 c13340f0
[ 135.806725] Call Trace:
[ 135.806725] [<c1322a44>] tty_port_block_til_ready+0x164/0x290
[ 135.806725] [<c1076dd0>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x50
[ 135.806725] [<c13340f0>] uart_open+0x120/0x1b0
[ 135.806725] [<c1336f20>] ? serial8250_pm+0x0/0x30
[ 135.806725] [<c131bcf5>] tty_open+0x155/0x420
[ 135.806725] [<c11362f5>] chrdev_open+0xa5/0x1c0
[ 135.806725] [<c1130af1>] __dentry_open+0xc1/0x280
[ 135.806725] [<c1131e5e>] nameidata_to_filp+0x6e/0x80
[ 135.806725] [<c1136250>] ? chrdev_open+0x0/0x1c0
[ 135.806725] [<c113f30f>] finish_open+0xaf/0x1a0
[ 135.806725] [<c113ebb8>] ? do_path_lookup+0x68/0x120
[ 135.806725] [<c113f957>] do_filp_open+0x207/0x6e0
[ 135.806725] [<c1535bf0>] ? do_page_fault+0x0/0x490
[ 135.806725] [<c1131ec6>] do_sys_open+0x56/0x120
[ 135.806725] [<c1131fbe>] sys_open+0x2e/0x40
[ 135.806725] [<c1532874>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
[ 135.806725] Code: 3e 0f ba 6e 38 1d 19 c0 85 c0 75 28 8b 9e a0 00 00 00 8b 3e 8b 43 68 85 c0 74 10 0f bf 50 2a 3b 93 88 00 00 00 0f 84 97 00 00 00 <f6> 87 9c 00 00 00 02 74 56 8b 1c 24 8b 74 24 04 8b 7c 24 08 89
[ 135.806725] EIP: [<c1336679>] uart_dtr_rts+0x79/0x130 SS:ESP 0068:ec57fd6c
[ 135.806725] CR2: 000000000000009c
[ 135.818900] ---[ end trace f56dd99cd0df62c0 ]---
imklog 4.6.4, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
[ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.38-11-generic-pae (buildd@zirconium) (gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) ) #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 22:21:04 UTC 2011 (Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic-pae 2.6.38.8)
---
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC2: lemiel 1487 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: lemiel 1487 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Nie ma takiego pliku ani katalogu
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xdfeec000 irq 17'
Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100000'
Controls : 4
Simple ctrls : 1
Card0.Amixer.values:
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Card1.Amixer.info:
Card hw:1 'V8235'/'VIA 8235 with ALC655 at 0xc400, irq 22'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC655 rev 0'
Components : 'AC97a:414c4760'
Controls : 48
Simple ctrls : 29
Card2.Amixer.info:
Card hw:2 'Live'/'SB Live! 5.1 (rev.7, serial:0x80641102) at 0xd400, irq 18'
Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9708,11'
Components : 'AC97a:83847608'
Controls : 224
Simple ctrls : 45
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=623d19a3-dfdf-46e4-a7d7-a7e23e77138e
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
MachineType: MSI MS-6712
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=pl_PL:en
LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic-pae root=UUID=adb6c346-e920-4b7c-8de9-d1ede6b4e096 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic-pae 2.6.38.8
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-11-generic-pae N/A
linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-11-generic-pae N/A
linux-firmware 1.52.4
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Tags: natty
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserAsoundrc:
# ALSA library configuration file
# Include settings that are under the control of asoundconf(1).
# (To disable these settings, comment out this line.)
</home/lemiel/.asoundrc.asoundconf>
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape video
dmi.bios.date: 04/02/01
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: Version 07.00T
dmi.board.name: MS-6712
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0123ABC
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Uknown Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.00
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrVersion07.00T:bd04/02/01:svnMSI:pnMS-6712:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnMS-6712:rvr1.0:cvnUknownChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrVersion1.00:
dmi.product.name: MS-6712
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
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