2 Supported serial hardware

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Linux supports the following serial hardware, (ie is known to work with).

2.1 Multiport serial boards

In general, Linux will support any serial board which uses a 8250, 16450, 16550, 16550A (or compatible) UART, or an internal modem which emulates one of the above UARTs.

Special note on the BB-1004 and BB-1008, they do not support DCD and RI lines, and thus are not usable for dialin modems. They will work fine for all other purposes.

2.2 Intelligent multiport serial boards

2.3 Network serial boards

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