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.\"      Date: January 2017
.\"    Manual: 16x50 UART Driver
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "SERIAL8250_REGISTER_" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "16x50 UART Driver"
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.SH "NAME"
serial8250_register_8250_port \- register a serial port
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ serial8250_register_8250_port('u
.BI "int serial8250_register_8250_port(struct\ uart_8250_port\ *\ " "up" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIup\fR
.RS 4
serial port template
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Configure the serial port specified by the request\&. If the port exists and is in use, it is hung up and unregistered first\&.
.PP
The port is then probed and if necessary the IRQ is autodetected If this fails an error is returned\&.
.PP
On success the port is ready to use and the line number is returned\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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