[ros-dev] serial driver bug

[Hervé Poussineau]

Mike Nordell a écrit :
>>  > I have a second serial port, but COM4 is not created...
>>
>>Filip gave me the reason on IRC:
>>"It's due to the root bus driver, that only enumerates the first
>>device... We need to get ACPI working in order to enumerate the
>>serial port." 
> 
> Does this imply (serial ports on) ReactOS won't work on non-ACPI systems, or
> will ACPI data be faked for non-ACPI systems?

ReactOS MUST work on non-ACPI systems.
On ACPI systems, ACPI will enumerate all your serial ports, even 
non-standard ones.
On all systems (ACPI and non-ACPI), standard serial ports will be probed 
to test their existence.

Hervé