Can Linux Use More than 3 Serial Ports by Sharing Interrupts?

Can Linux Use More than 3 Serial Ports by Sharing Interrupts?

Yes, but you won't be able to use simultaneously two ordinary ports
which share an interrupt (without some trickery). This is a limitation
of the ISA Bus architecture.

See the Serial HOWTO for information about possible solutions and
workarounds for this problem.



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