[luau] SPRINT Novatel Merlin C201 CDMA card running under lInux...has extra port??? plus bonus 802.11 USB PITA USB on same notebook.

[Dean Fujioka]

 I don't know about your card, but it sounds like a hardware conflict. 
 Those adresses refer *usually* to serial ports.. Try disabling your 
onboard serial port(s) in the CMOS and see if that resolves your conflict.
dean

> Cardctl reports 0x02f8 and 0x03e8 both at irq5
> serial_cs catches 2f8 but fails on 3e8
> setserial reports /dev/ttyS? as an 'unknown' UART
> 0x03e8 irq5 so something funny is going on...
>
> I'm running ppp through the 2f8 port and wondering
> what the other port is for, is it even there, what's the story,
> anyone know?
>