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...ordering without looking at the BIOS info, and at least for Linux I get the impression that it is quite unlikely that this will change anytime soon. Here is the thread I started on Linux-Serial, in case you want to read Greg's answer for yourself: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-serial/msg23997.html I don't want to stir up any complicated discussion about who is right and who is wrong, but as a user I would prefer the behavior to be consistent between all OSes and bootloaders. Best regards, Oliver

...oking at the BIOS > info, and at least for Linux I get the impression that it is quite unlikely > that this will change anytime soon. Here is the thread I started on > Linux-Serial, in case you want to read Greg's answer for yourself: > > http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-serial/msg23997.html > > I don't want to stir up any complicated discussion about who is right and > who is wrong, but as a user I would prefer the behavior to be consistent > between all OSes and bootloaders. And I think therein lies the issue. Due to differing interpretations, they shall never...

Hi, I would like to point out an issue with the enumeration of ISA serial devices in Syslinux. If I interpret the snippet below correctly, Syslinux looks up the device order with the BIOS, while Linux uses the fixed order 3F8,2F8,3E8,2E8. Note that this inconsistency is a real problem, as some motherboards (like e.g. a Supermicro X10DRi with default BIOS settings) have a different order