Unable to configure 8 port Serial PCI card 'Startech PEX8S952' on RHEL server.

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Issue

  • How to load drivers for 'Startech PEX8S952' an 8 port Serial card ?

  • Following logs were observed in dmesg

serial 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 48 (level, low) -> IRQ 48
8 ports detected on Oxford PCI Express device
ttyS2: detected caps 00000700 should be 00000100
0000:05:00.0: ttyS2 at MMIO 0xdfdfd000 (irq = 48) is a 16C950/954
ttyS3: detected caps 00000700 should be 00000100
0000:05:00.0: ttyS3 at MMIO 0xdfdfd200 (irq = 48) is a 16C950/954
Couldn't register serial port 0000:05:00.0: -28

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
  • Startech PEX8S952 8 port Serial card

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