--- /dev/null
+diff -urN linux.old/drivers/serial/8250.c linux.net/drivers/serial/8250.c
+--- linux.old/drivers/serial/8250.c 2006-01-15 07:16:02.000000000 +0100
++++ linux.net/drivers/serial/8250.c 2006-01-30 06:12:30.509342250 +0100
+@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@
+ {
+ struct uart_8250_port *up = (struct uart_8250_port *)port;
+ unsigned long flags;
+- unsigned char lsr, iir;
++// unsigned char lsr, iir;
+ int retval;
+
+ up->capabilities = uart_config[up->port.type].flags;
+@@ -1615,6 +1615,8 @@
+
+ serial8250_set_mctrl(&up->port, up->port.mctrl);
+
++// For some reason this test causes problems on the AP6x serial console
++#if 0
+ /*
+ * Do a quick test to see if we receive an
+ * interrupt when we enable the TX irq.
+@@ -1633,7 +1635,8 @@
+ } else {
+ up->bugs &= ~UART_BUG_TXEN;
+ }
+-
++#endif
++
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&up->port.lock, flags);
+
+ /*