Checking device status --- dmesg | grep device

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Originally posted by neerukamra
How do we check in linux whether the device (for eg: serila port) is enabled or disabled.

Looking at the output of dmesg in a console/console window is always a good place to start or if you want to do it quickly something like this in the would work.

Code:

>$ dmesg | grep ttyttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550AttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A